Cy Bowen vs. Larry Dierker — Career Comparison

Cy Bowen
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Larry Dierker
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Larry Dierker built a career as a starting pitcher and Cy Bowen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Larry Dierker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.31 and WHIP 1.236 compared to 6 and 1.750 for Cy Bowen. By the career numbers, Larry Dierker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Bowen and Larry Dierker

Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.5
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.54
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.47
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.05
53.05
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
0.41
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
3.31
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.69
5.69
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7001
27
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2333.2
9
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2130
8.21
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.21
8.21
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
0.71
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
6.75
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
2.74
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.17
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.25
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1493
5.76
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.76
5.76
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.944
0.944
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.4
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.25
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
43.5
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9661
37.26
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
9.75
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
948
3.66
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.14
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.14
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.27
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
34.5
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8828
34.05
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.5
43.5
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26

Fielding Stats for Cy Bowen and Larry Dierker

Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.5
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7002
27
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2334
9
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.59
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.75
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
1.11
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.09
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.25
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.78
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.75
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
1.69
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.43
71.43
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.02
95.02
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.233
1.233
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Bowen and Larry Dierker

Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
357
244.52
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
876
600
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
789
540.41
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.917
0.917
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
73.29
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
60.96
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
9.59
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
12.33
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
66.22
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.37
13.27
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
91.1
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
120
82.19
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
26.03
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
31.51
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
54.79
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
80.89
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.8
-1.92
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
8.22
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
272
186.3
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
3.22
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
47.95
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
16
10.96
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA