Fred Besana vs. Dick Rozek — Career Comparison

Fred Besana
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Rozek
Greatest GenerationIowaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Besana built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Rozek as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Rozek posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.55 and WHIP 1.837 compared to 5.6 and 2.038 for Fred Besana. By the career numbers, Dick Rozek had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Besana and Dick Rozek

Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.57
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
4.55
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.02
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.55
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.51
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.12
12.12
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.6
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
4.55
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.42
6.42
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.97
5.97
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
27
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
27
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.2
9
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65.1
9
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
11.21
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.95
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.21
11.21
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.95
8.95
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.96
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
7.13
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
7.58
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.13
7.13
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.58
7.58
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.57
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
3.58
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.189
1.189
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.24
1.24
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.41
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.02
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.28
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
47.38
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
43.12
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.93
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6.11
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
5.79
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.038
2.038
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.837
1.837
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
39.23
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
35.27
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.71
1.71
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.38
47.38
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.12
43.12

Fielding Stats for Fred Besana and Dick Rozek

Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.57
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
222.75
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.02
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
27
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17.2
9
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
9
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.02
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.55
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
40.5
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.57
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
47.25
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
3.57
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
40.5
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.182
0.182
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Besana and Dick Rozek

Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
7
840
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
1414.29
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
600
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
514.29
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
3.21
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
7.08
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.12
-14.11
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.25
-10.7
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
360
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
342.86
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
1.75
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA