Bob Allen vs. Dick Fowler — Career Comparison

Bob Allen
Silent GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Fowler
Greatest GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Fowler built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Allen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bob Allen posted a career ERA of 4.11 against Dick Fowler's 4.11, with WHIP of 1.631 and 1.493 respectively. The raw numbers call this too close to separate — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Allen and Dick Fowler

Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
6.7
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
1.53
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.17
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.23
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.46
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.39
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.55
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.52
45.52
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.52
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.62
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
4.11
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
595
4.11
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
822
27
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3909
27
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
9
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1303
9
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
9.46
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1367
9.44
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.46
9.46
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.76
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.66
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
4.34
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
578
3.99
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.89
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
6.54
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
2.64
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.54
6.54
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.208
1.208
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.737
0.737
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.59
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.16
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.13
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1232
40.47
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5680
39.23
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.76
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.25
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
4.99
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
685
4.73
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.533
1.533
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.493
1.493
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1095
35.97
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5083
35.11
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.47
40.47
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.23
39.23

Fielding Stats for Bob Allen and Dick Fowler

Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
6.7
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
822
27
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
9
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.53
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.68
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
2.33
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
2.2
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.37
94.37
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.62
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.328
0.328
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.285
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Allen and Dick Fowler

Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
204
3600
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
270.12
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
600
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
31
547.06
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
472
564.14
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.454
0.454
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
105.18
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
90.84
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
11.95
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
14.34
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
14.18
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.52
22.13
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
88.24
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
123.11
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
88.24
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
124.3
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
26.29
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
38.25
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
63.35
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.25
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.23
18.21
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
17.93
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
282.35
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
82.47
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
2.13
2.13
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.28
7.28
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
16.73
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
15
17.93
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0