Stew Bowers vs. Rich Hill — Career Comparison

Stew Bowers
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rich Hill
Gen XMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rich Hill built a career as a starting pitcher and Stew Bowers 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 4.6 and 1.875 for Stew Bowers. By the career numbers, Rich Hill had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Stew Bowers and Rich Hill

Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.6
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
2.46
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.59
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.61
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.57
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.48
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.22
54.22
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.43
64.43
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.6
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
633
4.02
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
27
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4254
27
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.1
9
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1418
9
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
11.05
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1240
7.87
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.87
7.87
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.61
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.12
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
5.83
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
551
3.5
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.13
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.53
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1432
9.09
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.09
9.09
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.818
0.818
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.15
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.51
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
43.88
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5997
38.06
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.07
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.11
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
6.44
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
4.32
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.25
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.2
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.62
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.875
1.875
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.263
1.263
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
38.05
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5295
33.61
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.88
43.88
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.06
38.06

Fielding Stats for Stew Bowers and Rich Hill

Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.46
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.59
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4254
27
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1418
9
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.23
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.93
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.1
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.27
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.17
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
92
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.467
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.474
0.474
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.43
64.43
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Stew Bowers and Rich Hill

Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
1800
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
389
851.82
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
600
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
256
560.58
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
63.5
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
52.55
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.95
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.95
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
39.68
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.89
8.51
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
74.45
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
74.45
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
8.76
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
28.47
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
37.23
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
51.01
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.73
-12.55
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.38
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
6.57
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
111
243.07
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
2.47
2.47
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
26.28
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.19
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.76
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA