Jim Bouton vs. Dick Rozek — Career Comparison

Jim Bouton
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Dick Rozek
Greatest GenerationIowaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Bouton 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. Jim Bouton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.57 and WHIP 1.286 compared to 4.55 and 1.837 for Dick Rozek. By the career numbers, Jim Bouton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bouton and Dick Rozek

Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
304
2.21
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
4.55
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.05
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.55
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.45
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.46
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.6
49.6
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.37
47.37
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.12
12.12
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.25
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
3.57
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
4.55
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3716
27
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
27
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1238.2
9
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.1
9
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1131
8.22
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
8.95
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.95
8.95
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.92
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.96
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
3.16
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
7.58
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.2
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.58
7.58
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
720
5.23
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
3.58
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.933
0.933
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.24
1.24
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.28
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.41
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5200
37.78
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
43.12
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.41
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.93
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
566
4.11
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
5.79
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.264
1.264
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.837
1.837
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4734
34.4
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
35.27
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.78
37.78
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.12
43.12

Fielding Stats for Jim Bouton and Dick Rozek

Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
304
2.21
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
222.75
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.05
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3715
27
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1238.1
9
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
9
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.81
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.29
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
40.5
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
304
2.21
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
47.25
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
2.1
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
40.5
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.07
95.07
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.182
0.182
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.37
47.37
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bouton and Dick Rozek

Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
307
467.51
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
1414.29
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
394
600
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
347
528.43
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
12
514.29
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.101
0.101
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
53.3
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
48.73
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.57
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.57
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.086
0.086
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.26
8
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
7.08
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
57.87
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
79.19
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.18
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
31.98
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
44.16
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-6.35
-9.67
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.25
-10.7
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.57
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
21.32
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
243.65
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
342.86
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
2.46
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
44.16
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.52
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA