Stew Bowers vs. Connie Rector — Career Comparison

Stew Bowers
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Connie Rector
Lost GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York Lincoln GiantsIndependentStarting Pitcher

Connie Rector 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. Stew Bowers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.6 and WHIP 1.875 compared to 4.66 and 1.454 for Connie Rector. By the career numbers, Stew Bowers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Stew Bowers and Connie Rector

Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.6
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
1.42
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
0.97
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.61
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.53
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.45
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.1
54.1
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.18
68.18
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.76
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.6
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
578
4.66
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
27
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3349
27
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.1
9
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1116.1
9
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
11.05
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1260
10.16
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.16
10.16
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.49
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
5.83
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
2.92
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.53
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
428
3.45
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.818
0.818
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.708
0.708
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.24
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
43.88
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4654
37.52
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.07
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.33
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
6.44
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
5.58
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.91
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.78
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.875
1.875
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.453
1.453
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
38.05
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4148
33.44
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.88
43.88
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52

Fielding Stats for Stew Bowers and Connie Rector

Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
1.51
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
1.02
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4320
27
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1440
9
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
0.84
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.78
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.09
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
2.71
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
2.62
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.77
96.77
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.467
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.731
1.731
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.36
67.36
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.1
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Stew Bowers and Connie Rector

Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
1800
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
257
216.88
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
711
600
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
648
546.84
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.583
0.583
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.626
0.626
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
126.58
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
97.05
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
19.41
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.38
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.75
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
29.54
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
39.68
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.68
51.21
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
173
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
191
161.18
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Connie Rector
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.533
0.533
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.594
0.594
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.509
0.509
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Connie Rector
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
60.76
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
60.76
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
114.77
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
51.01
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.64
56.24
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.53
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
32.07
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Rector
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Connie Rector
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.53
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
237
237
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.67
12.67
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
18.57
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Rector
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Connie Rector
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.84
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.75
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Rector
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.75
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100