Lefty Boone vs. Matthew Bowman — Career Comparison

Lefty Boone
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftNorth AmericaMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Matthew Bowman
MillenialMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Lefty Boone 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 5.87 and 1.638 for Lefty Boone. By the career numbers, Matthew Bowman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lefty Boone and Matthew Bowman

Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
2.22
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.64
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.83
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.46
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.3
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.85
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.52
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
35
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.36
36.36
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.35
82.35
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.39
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
5.87
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
4.38
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
27
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
722
27
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
9
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240.2
9
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
9.13
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
8.6
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.13
9.13
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.9
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
5.61
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.1
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.45
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
8.93
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
7.25
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.93
8.93
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.25
7.25
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.616
1.616
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.151
1.151
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.72
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.41
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
641
41.8
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
38.89
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.94
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
7.3
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.79
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.3
7.3
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.65
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.71
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.638
1.638
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.301
1.301
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
35.15
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
932
34.85
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.343
0.343
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.8
41.8
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89

Fielding Stats for Lefty Boone and Matthew Bowman

Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
2.22
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.64
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.83
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
27
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
722
27
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
9
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240.2
9
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.75
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.3
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.98
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.59
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.09
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.92
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.5
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.73
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.88
71.88
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.59
93.59
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.677
0.677
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.35
82.35
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lefty Boone and Matthew Bowman

Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
35
362.07
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
232
27840
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
600
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
537.93
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.369
0.369
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
62.07
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
51.72
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.35
14
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
72.41
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
93.1
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
31.03
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
51.72
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
82.76
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
2.57
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.25
-29.79
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
31.03
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
58
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
31.03
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA