Stew Bolen vs. Matthew Bowman — Career Comparison

Stew Bolen
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matthew Bowman
MillenialMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Stew Bolen 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 6.09 and 1.827 for Stew Bolen. By the career numbers, Matthew Bowman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Stew Bolen and Matthew Bowman

Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
2.65
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.64
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.1
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.19
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.3
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.84
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.52
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.75
18.75
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.36
36.36
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.46
41.46
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.19
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
6.09
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
4.38
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
417
27
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
722
27
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
9
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240.2
9
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
11.01
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
8.6
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.01
11.01
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.45
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.9
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
5.44
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.1
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.45
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
4.66
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
7.25
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.122
1.122
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.151
1.151
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.71
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.39
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.41
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
656
42.47
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
38.89
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.84
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.94
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
6.6
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.79
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.6
6.6
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.71
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.827
1.827
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.301
1.301
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
566
36.65
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
932
34.85
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.49
2.49
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.335
0.335
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.47
42.47
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89

Fielding Stats for Stew Bolen and Matthew Bowman

Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.64
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
722
27
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240.2
9
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.75
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.98
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.92
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.73
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.84
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.59
93.59
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.805
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Stew Bolen and Matthew Bowman

Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
41
502.04
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
232
27840
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
600
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
563.27
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.51
30.74
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
146.94
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.351
0.351
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.74
33.6
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.25
-29.79
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
120
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA