Lefty Bowers vs. Leon Chagnon — Career Comparison

Lefty Bowers
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Black SoxNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Leon Chagnon
Greatest GenerationNew HampshireThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Lefty Bowers built a career as a starting pitcher and Leon Chagnon as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Leon Chagnon posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.51 and WHIP 1.391 compared to 11.81 and 2.625 for Lefty Bowers. By the career numbers, Leon Chagnon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lefty Bowers and Leon Chagnon

Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.81
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
3.09
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.13
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.5
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.43
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.37
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.29
54.29
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.3
16.3
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
11.81
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
4.51
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.81
11.81
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1180
27
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393.1
9
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
17.44
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
10.14
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.44
17.44
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.14
10.14
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.78
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
6.19
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.38
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.81
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
3.5
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.653
0.653
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.25
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.25
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
50.06
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1726
39.49
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.51
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
14.06
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
4.99
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.06
14.06
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.69
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.625
2.625
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.391
1.391
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
41.06
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1611
36.86
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.448
0.448
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.06
50.06
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.49
39.49

Fielding Stats for Lefty Bowers and Leon Chagnon

Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.81
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.13
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
27
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
9
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.69
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.25
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.69
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.15
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.726
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Lefty Bowers and Leon Chagnon

Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
736.36
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
600
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
572.73
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
0.9
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.427
0.427
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
92.73
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
65.45
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.36
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
27.27
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
79.46
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.33
23.61
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
130.91
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
103.64
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.406
0.406
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.73
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.36
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
49.09
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
95.86
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.18
17.34
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
18
98.18
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.11
6.11
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
16.36
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA