Stew Bowers vs. Thomas Saxon — Career Comparison

Stew Bowers
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thomas Saxon
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Thomas Saxon 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. Thomas Saxon posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.05 and WHIP 1.200 compared to 4.6 and 1.875 for Stew Bowers. By the career numbers, Thomas Saxon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Stew Bowers and Thomas Saxon

Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.6
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.7
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.61
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
4.6
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.05
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
27
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
27
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29.1
9
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.1
9
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
11.05
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
6.08
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.08
6.08
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.61
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
5.83
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.73
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.53
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.38
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.818
0.818
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
43.88
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
39.83
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.07
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.03
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
6.44
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.73
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.875
1.875
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
38.05
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
33.75
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.182
0.182
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.88
43.88
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.83
39.83

Fielding Stats for Stew Bowers and Thomas Saxon

Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.7
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
27
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.1
9
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.467
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Stew Bowers and Thomas Saxon

Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
1800
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
400
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
500
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.583
0.583
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
39.68
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
29.73
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
51.01
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
68.03
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA