Fred Besana vs. Matthew Bowman — Career Comparison

Fred Besana
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matthew Bowman
MillenialMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Besana 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 5.6 and 2.038 for Fred Besana. By the career numbers, Matthew Bowman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Besana and Matthew Bowman

Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.57
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.64
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.02
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.51
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.3
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.52
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.36
36.36
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.6
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
4.38
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.42
6.42
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
27
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
722
27
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.2
9
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240.2
9
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
11.21
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
8.6
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.21
11.21
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.9
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
7.13
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.1
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.45
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.13
7.13
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.57
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
7.25
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.151
1.151
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.02
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.41
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
47.38
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
38.89
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.94
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6.11
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.79
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.71
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.038
2.038
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.301
1.301
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
39.23
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
932
34.85
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.71
1.71
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.38
47.38
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89

Fielding Stats for Fred Besana and Matthew Bowman

Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.57
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.64
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.02
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
27
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
722
27
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.2
9
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240.2
9
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.02
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.75
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.55
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.98
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.57
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
2.92
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.57
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
2.73
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.59
93.59
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Besana and Matthew Bowman

Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
7
840
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
232
27840
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
480
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
3.21
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.12
-14.11
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.25
-29.79
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA