Cy Bowen vs. Scott Olsen — Career Comparison

Cy Bowen
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scott Olsen
MillenialMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scott Olsen 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. Scott Olsen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.85 and WHIP 1.512 compared to 6 and 1.750 for Cy Bowen. By the career numbers, Scott Olsen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Bowen and Scott Olsen

Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
1.62
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.58
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.46
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.61
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.02
43.02
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.69
97.69
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
4.85
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.69
5.69
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2169
27
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
723
9
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
9
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
778
9.68
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.68
9.68
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
1.34
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
6.75
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
3.62
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.3
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.25
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
6.57
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.57
6.57
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.133
1.133
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.3
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.25
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.16
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
43.5
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3179
39.57
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
9.75
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
5.55
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.44
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.22
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.73
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.479
1.479
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
34.5
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2822
35.13
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.5
43.5
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.57
39.57

Fielding Stats for Cy Bowen and Scott Olsen

Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
1.62
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.58
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2169
27
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
723
9
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.17
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.75
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
1.06
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.25
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
1.29
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.75
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
1.23
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.43
71.43
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.19
95.19
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.762
0.762
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.69
97.69
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Bowen and Scott Olsen

Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
314.29
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
600
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
213
507.14
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.917
0.917
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.443
0.443
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
64.29
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.9
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.9
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
66.22
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.56
15.63
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
88.1
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
92.86
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.351
0.351
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
19.05
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
35.71
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
54.76
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
80.89
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.81
9.08
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
16.67
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
89
211.9
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
2.83
2.83
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA