Stew Bowers vs. Charlie Smith — Career Comparison

Stew Bowers
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Charlie Smith
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Charlie Smith 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. Charlie Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.81 and WHIP 1.232 compared to 4.6 and 1.875 for Stew Bowers. By the career numbers, Charlie Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Stew Bowers and Charlie Smith

Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.6
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
1.41
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
0.99
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.61
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.44
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.58
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.14
43.14
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.81
69.81
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.58
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.6
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
2.81
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
27
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
27
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.1
9
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1349.1
9
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
11.05
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1309
8.73
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.15
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
5.83
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
2.35
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.53
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
570
3.8
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.818
0.818
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.684
0.684
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.21
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.19
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
43.88
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5479
36.54
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.07
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.33
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
6.44
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
3.92
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.875
1.875
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
38.05
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5097
34
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.88
43.88
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.54
36.54

Fielding Stats for Stew Bowers and Charlie Smith

Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
1.86
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.99
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3087
27
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1029
9
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.31
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
3.48
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.21
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
4.01
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.8
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.76
94.76
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.467
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.038
2.038
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.05
53.05
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Stew Bowers and Charlie Smith

Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
1800
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
218
266.94
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
490
600
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
447
547.35
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.398
0.398
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
82.04
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
73.47
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.12
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.22
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.22
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.57
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
39.68
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.19
17.37
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
94.29
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
101.63
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
26.94
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
26.94
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
52.65
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
51.01
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.56
10.49
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.12
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
13.47
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
85
104.08
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.76
5.76
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
33.06
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA