Brian Bannister vs. Matthew Bowman — Career Comparison

Brian Bannister
MillenialArizonaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matthew Bowman
MillenialMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brian Bannister 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 led in home run suppression (HR9+ 193 vs 98), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 119 vs 93), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 132 vs 109). Role difference aside, Matthew Bowman holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Brian Bannister and Matthew Bowman

Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
1.58
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.64
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.54
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.5
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.3
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.67
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.52
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.53
42.53
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.36
36.36
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
377
5.08
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
4.38
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2002
27
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
722
27
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
667.1
9
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
240.2
9
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
724
9.76
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
8.6
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
1.16
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.9
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
3.02
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
3.1
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.45
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384
5.18
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
7.25
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.911
0.911
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.151
1.151
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.47
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.3
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.41
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2914
39.3
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1040
38.89
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.94
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
5.49
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.79
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.15
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.4
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.34
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.63
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.71
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.421
1.421
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.301
1.301
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2627
35.43
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
932
34.85
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.3
39.3
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89

Fielding Stats for Brian Bannister and Matthew Bowman

Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
1.58
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.64
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.54
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2002
27
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
722
27
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
667.1
9
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
240.2
9
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.69
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.75
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
1.29
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.98
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
2.02
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.92
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
1.98
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.73
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
98
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.59
93.59
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Bannister and Matthew Bowman

Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
117
2127.27
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
232
27840
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
600
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
527.27
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.742
0.742
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
145.45
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.23
58.74
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
218.18
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
127.27
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.23
58.77
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.25
-29.79
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
9
163.64
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
3.67
3.67
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA