Andy Boswell vs. Ron Darling — Career Comparison

Andy Boswell
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ron Darling
Baby BoomersHawaiiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

Ron Darling built a career as a starting pitcher and Andy Boswell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ron Darling posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.87 and WHIP 1.352 compared to 5.91 and 1.969 for Andy Boswell. By the career numbers, Ron Darling had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Andy Boswell and Ron Darling

Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.55
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
1.46
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.98
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
1.39
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.52
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.56
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.44
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.97
53.97
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.64
63.64
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.29
95.29
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.84
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.14
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.05
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
5.91
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1016
3.87
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
27
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7081
27
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
9
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2360.1
9
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
11.95
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2244
8.56
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.95
11.95
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.56
8.56
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.28
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
0.91
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
5.77
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
906
3.45
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.15
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.77
5.77
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
4.22
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1590
6.06
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.06
6.06
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.109
1.109
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.058
1.058
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.98
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.37
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.7
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.22
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.09
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
44.58
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10032
38.25
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.56
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
9.42
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1139
4.34
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.42
9.42
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.36
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.28
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.63
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.969
1.969
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.335
1.335
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
38.11
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8899
33.93
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.347
0.347
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.58
44.58
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.25
38.25

Fielding Stats for Andy Boswell and Ron Darling

Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.52
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
1.46
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
1.39
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
27
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7081
27
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
9
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2360.1
9
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.77
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
0.67
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.76
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
391
1.49
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.14
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
3.17
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
2.31
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.54
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
2.17
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.88
93.88
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.667
1.667
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.487
1.487
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.29
95.29
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.14
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Andy Boswell and Ron Darling

Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
12
218.18
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
402
396.71
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
608
600
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
545.45
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
526
519.08
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.609
0.609
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
0.45
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
127.27
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
75
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
127.27
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
50.33
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.72
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.97
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.97
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
24.67
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.69
48.94
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.46
19.2
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
127.27
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
105.59
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
181.82
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
90.79
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
38.49
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
20.72
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
127.27
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
57.24
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.18
57.86
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.78
9.65
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.99
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
14.8
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
175
172.7
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
3.47
3.47
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
64.14
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.99
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.97
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.99
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.99
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100