Cy Bowen vs. Syl Johnson — Career Comparison

Cy Bowen
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Syl Johnson
Lost GenerationOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Syl Johnson 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. Syl Johnson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.06 and WHIP 1.283 compared to 6 and 1.750 for Cy Bowen. By the career numbers, Syl Johnson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Bowen and Syl Johnson

Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
2.25
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
0.87
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.47
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.49
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.91
48.91
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.75
38.75
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.34
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.05
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.18
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
977
4.06
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.69
5.69
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6497
27
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2165.2
9
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
9
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2290
9.52
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
0.72
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
6.75
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
2.03
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.25
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
920
3.82
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.09
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.25
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.2
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
43.5
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9124
37.92
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
0.84
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
9.75
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1099
4.57
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.283
1.283
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
34.5
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8588
35.69
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.5
43.5
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Cy Bowen and Syl Johnson

Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.5
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
27
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
9
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.75
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.25
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
367
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.75
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.46
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.653
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Bowen and Syl Johnson

Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
542
429.59
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
757
600
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
702
556.41
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.917
0.917
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
100.66
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
79.26
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
14.27
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.96
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.17
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
21.4
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
66.22
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.64
27.46
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
132.36
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
152
120.48
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.447
0.447
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
40.42
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
42.01
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
79.26
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
80.89
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28.59
22.66
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.59
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
18.23
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
214
169.62
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.54
3.54
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
23.78
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
8.72
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100