Elden Auker vs. Matthew Bowman — Career Comparison

Elden Auker
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matthew Bowman
MillenialMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Elden Auker built a career as a starting pitcher and Matthew Bowman as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matthew Bowman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.38 and WHIP 1.350 compared to 4.42 and 1.495 for Elden Auker. By the career numbers, Matthew Bowman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Elden Auker and Matthew Bowman

Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
333
1.53
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.64
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.2
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.6
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.3
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.46
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.52
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.28
56.28
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.36
36.36
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.38
78.38
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.58
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.06
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
964
4.42
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
4.38
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5890
27
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
722
27
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1963.1
9
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
240.2
9
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2230
10.22
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
8.6
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.59
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.9
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
706
3.24
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.1
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.45
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
594
2.72
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
7.25
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.662
0.662
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.151
1.151
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.17
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.41
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8688
39.83
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1040
38.89
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.18
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.94
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1106
5.07
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.79
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.71
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.495
1.495
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.301
1.301
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7944
36.42
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
932
34.85
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.83
39.83
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89

Fielding Stats for Elden Auker and Matthew Bowman

Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
333
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.64
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
722
27
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240.2
9
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.75
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
460
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.98
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
600
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.92
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.73
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.67
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.59
93.59
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.742
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Elden Auker and Matthew Bowman

Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
356
272.45
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
232
27840
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
784
600
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
700
535.71
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
100.26
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
77.3
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
11.48
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.89
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.59
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
22.96
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.05
35.24
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
139.29
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
174
133.16
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.398
0.398
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
55.87
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
55.1
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
106.38
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44.57
34.11
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.25
-29.79
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
31.38
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
232
177.55
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
3.38
3.38
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
31.38
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.53
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA