Cy Bowen vs. Rich Hill — Career Comparison

Cy Bowen
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rich Hill
Gen XMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rich Hill 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. Rich Hill posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.02 and WHIP 1.278 compared to 6 and 1.750 for Cy Bowen. By the career numbers, Rich Hill had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Bowen and Rich Hill

Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.46
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.59
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.57
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.48
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.22
54.22
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.43
64.43
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
633
4.02
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.69
5.69
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4254
27
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1418
9
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1240
7.87
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.87
7.87
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.12
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
6.75
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
551
3.5
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.13
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.25
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1432
9.09
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.09
9.09
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.15
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.25
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.51
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
43.5
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5997
38.06
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.11
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
9.75
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
4.32
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.25
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.2
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.62
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.263
1.263
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
34.5
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5295
33.61
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.5
43.5
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.06
38.06

Fielding Stats for Cy Bowen and Rich Hill

Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.46
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.59
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4254
27
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1418
9
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.23
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.75
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
0.93
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.1
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.25
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
1.27
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.75
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
1.17
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.43
71.43
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
92
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.474
0.474
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.43
64.43
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Bowen and Rich Hill

Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
389
851.82
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
600
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
256
560.58
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.917
0.917
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
63.5
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
52.55
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.95
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.95
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
66.22
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.89
8.51
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
74.45
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
74.45
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
8.76
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
28.47
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
37.23
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
80.89
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.73
-12.55
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.38
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
6.57
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
111
243.07
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
2.47
2.47
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
26.28
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.19
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.76
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA