Michael Bowden vs. Jose Cano — Career Comparison

Michael Bowden
MillenialIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jose Cano
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jose Cano built a career as a starting pitcher and Michael Bowden as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Michael Bowden posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.51 and WHIP 1.421 compared to 5.09 and 1.435 for Jose Cano. By the career numbers, Michael Bowden had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Michael Bowden and Jose Cano

Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
6.94
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.35
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.94
1.94
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
4.51
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
5.09
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
401
27
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133.2
9
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
8.96
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
9.39
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.96
8.96
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.39
9.39
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.08
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.78
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
3.64
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
6.73
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3.13
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.73
6.73
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.652
0.652
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.88
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
576
38.78
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
38.74
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.96
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
4.51
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
5.09
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.399
1.399
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.348
1.348
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
508
34.2
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
35.22
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.78
38.78
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.74
38.74

Fielding Stats for Michael Bowden and Jose Cano

Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
6.94
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.35
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
401
27
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133.2
9
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.61
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.78
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.08
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.75
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.68
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.15
96.15
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.243
0.243
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.667
0.667
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.94
1.94
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Michael Bowden and Jose Cano

Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
30900
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
600
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
600
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.65
-65.33
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
500
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
1.2
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA