Jack Armstrong vs. Jim Owens — Career Comparison

Jack Armstrong
Gen XNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jim Owens
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Jim Owens a clear advantage over Jack Armstrong across the core pitching metrics. Jim Owens led in home run suppression (HR9+ 130 vs 85), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 106 vs 89), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 103 vs 91). Jack Armstrong held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 103 vs 93). Jim Owens was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jack Armstrong and Jim Owens

Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
1.74
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
2.91
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
1.49
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.05
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.46
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.74
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.69
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
38.1
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.18
38.18
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.53
85.53
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.01
36.01
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.21
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.21
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
400
4.58
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
4.31
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
2360
27
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2656
27
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
786.2
9
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
885.1
9
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
807
9.23
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
932
9.47
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.23
9.23
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.47
9.47
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
1.17
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.85
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
3.65
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
3.46
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.24
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.47
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
510
5.83
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
516
5.25
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.83
5.83
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.054
1.054
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.967
0.967
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.3
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.45
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.21
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.15
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3450
39.47
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3854
39.18
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.11
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.98
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
5.02
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
4.91
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.39
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.4
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.42
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.431
1.431
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.437
1.437
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
3044
34.83
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3506
35.64
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.47
39.47
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.18
39.18

Fielding Stats for Jack Armstrong and Jim Owens

Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
1.74
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
2.92
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
1.49
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
1.06
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
2360
27
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2656
27
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
786.2
9
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
885.1
9
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.71
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.34
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
1.27
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.34
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.09
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
2.07
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
1.76
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
1.98
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
1.68
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.58
95.58
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.38
95.38
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.575
0.575
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.53
85.53
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.24
36.24
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.1
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Armstrong and Jim Owens

Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
153
426.98
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
287
686.06
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
215
600
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
600
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
185
516.28
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
521.12
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.354
0.354
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.351
0.351
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
58.6
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
52.59
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
53.02
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
18
43.03
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.58
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.56
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.58
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.56
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
2.16
6.02
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.68
8.8
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
64.19
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
62.15
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
25
69.77
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
88.45
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.101
0.101
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.33
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.56
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
8
22.33
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
26.29
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.65
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
15
35.86
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.73
-13.19
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-3.65
-8.73
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.58
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.39
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.58
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
33.47
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
231.63
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
102
243.82
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.59
2.59
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
2.46
2.46
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
72.56
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
18
43.03
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
6
16.74
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.56
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.39
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.39
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0