Cam Booser vs. Roy Oswalt — Career Comparison

Cam Booser
MillenialWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Oswalt
Gen XMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Roy Oswalt built a career as a starting pitcher and Cam Booser as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roy Oswalt posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.36 and WHIP 1.226 compared to 4.28 and 1.439 for Cam Booser. By the career numbers, Roy Oswalt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cam Booser and Roy Oswalt

Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
10.02
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
365
1.46
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
1.37
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.49
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
0.65
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.86
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.41
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.36
36.36
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.51
61.51
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.42
93.42
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.08
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.03
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
4.28
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.36
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
27
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6736
27
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.2
9
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2245.1
9
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
8.43
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2199
8.81
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.59
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
0.79
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
4.28
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
520
2.08
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.14
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
9.53
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1852
7.42
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.53
9.53
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.42
7.42
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.534
1.534
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.056
1.056
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.37
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.12
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.32
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
39.83
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9301
37.28
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.08
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
4.76
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
897
3.6
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.42
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.61
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.23
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
0.81
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.412
1.412
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.211
1.211
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
34.7
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8539
34.23
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.83
39.83
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.28
37.28

Fielding Stats for Cam Booser and Roy Oswalt

Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
10.02
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
366
1.47
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
1.37
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
27
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6742
27
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.2
9
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2247.1
9
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.37
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
0.68
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.49
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
1.24
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.04
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.1
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.95
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.86
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
1.92
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.78
77.78
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.16
98.16
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.085
0.085
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.44
93.44
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.12
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cam Booser and Roy Oswalt

Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
82
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
370
278.89
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
796
600
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
657
495.23
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
76.13
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
70.1
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.28
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.03
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.7
15.6
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
83.67
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
100.25
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.362
0.362
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
22.61
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
27.14
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
48.99
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.77
11.89
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.77
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
20.35
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
181
136.43
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.4
4.4
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
79.9
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
4.52
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA