Sam Bowens vs. Bill Perkins — Career Comparison

Sam Bowens
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRight Fielder
Bill Perkins
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh CrawfordsNegro National League IICatcherAll-Star

On the career numbers, Bill Perkins posted the stronger offensive profile against Sam Bowens. Bill Perkins posted stronger numbers in OPS (.730 vs .659) and on-base percentage (.332 vs .285). Sam Bowens had the advantage in home run production (45 career HR at a higher rate). By the career numbers, Bill Perkins had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Sam Bowens and Bill Perkins

Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
479
202.68
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
526
162.76
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PA
1418
600
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1939
600
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1287
544.57
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1754
542.75
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.681
0.681
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.751
0.751
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PA
287
121.44
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
489
151.32
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PA
188
79.55
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
364
112.64
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PA
48
20.31
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
21.35
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PA
6
2.54
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
8.97
Sam Bowens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
19.04
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
27
8.35
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
41.89
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
38.68
Sam Bowens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Sam Bowens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Sam Bowens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.055
0.055
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PA
142.08
60.12
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
241.19
74.63
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PA
482
203.95
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
697
215.68
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PA
397
167.98
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
194.95
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.657
0.657
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.73
0.73
Sam Bowens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.59
0.59
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.678
0.678
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PA
141
59.66
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
241
74.57
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PA
143
60.51
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
285
88.19
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PA
239
101.13
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
499
154.41
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PA
135.15
57.19
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
267.93
82.91
Sam Bowens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
4.23
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
8
2.48
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
100
42.31
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
41.16
Sam Bowens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.69
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PA
293
123.98
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
4.02
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PA
4.84
4.84
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149.15
149.15
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.23
10.23
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PA
14
5.92
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
13.31
Sam Bowens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
2.96
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.31
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PA
33
13.96
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sam Bowens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
10.58
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
20
6.19
Sam Bowens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
5.5
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Bowens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
16.08
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
20
6.19
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 600 PA
65.79
65.79
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100

Fielding Stats for Sam Bowens and Bill Perkins

Sam Bowens
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
1.16
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
1.15
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 9 Innings
313
0.97
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
1.05
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 9 Innings
8694
27
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12263
27
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 9 Innings
2898
9
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4087.2
9
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 9 Innings
606
1.88
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2240
4.93
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.07
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
0.72
Sam Bowens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.05
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.18
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 9 Innings
646
2.01
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2650
5.83
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 9 Innings
629
1.95
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2567
5.65
Sam Bowens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.37
97.37
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.87
96.87
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.686
1.686
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.908
4.908
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.91
83.91
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.59
91.59
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.01
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.11
Sam Bowens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.07
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Bowens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
227
0.5
Sam Bowens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0