Bob Anderson vs. Ken Rowe — Career Comparison

Bob Anderson
Silent GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Rowe
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bob Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Rowe as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Rowe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.57 and WHIP 1.610 compared to 4.26 and 1.437 for Bob Anderson. By the career numbers, Ken Rowe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Anderson and Ken Rowe

Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
2.63
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.16
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.39
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.4
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.49
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.9
43.9
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.8
37.8
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.14
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
4.26
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.57
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2522
27
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
27
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
840.2
9
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.1
9
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
9.19
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
10.92
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.19
9.19
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.86
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.6
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
319
3.42
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.78
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.33
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.79
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
502
5.37
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
3.77
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.37
5.37
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.977
0.977
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.728
0.728
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.32
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.79
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3634
38.9
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
41.1
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.66
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.79
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
450
4.82
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
6.15
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3288
35.2
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
38.12
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.9
38.9
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.1
41.1

Fielding Stats for Bob Anderson and Ken Rowe

Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
2.64
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.16
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2519
27
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
27
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
839.2
9
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.1
9
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.49
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
1.77
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.59
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.99
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
224
2.4
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.78
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
2.26
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.79
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.2
94.2
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.29
64.29
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.858
0.858
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.8
37.8
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.15
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Anderson and Ken Rowe

Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
247
540.88
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
2600
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
600
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
246
538.69
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.402
0.402
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
72.26
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
61.31
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.38
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.19
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.38
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.95
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.34
18.26
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
14.97
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
94.16
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
98.54
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
39.42
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
26.28
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
61.31
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
6.18
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
5.56
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.38
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
21.9
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
107
234.31
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.56
2.56
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
32.85
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.19
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.38
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA