Grant Bowler vs. Scott Olsen — Career Comparison

Grant Bowler
Greatest GenerationColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scott Olsen
MillenialMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scott Olsen built a career as a starting pitcher and Grant Bowler as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Scott Olsen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.85 and WHIP 1.512 compared to 6.91 and 1.968 for Grant Bowler. By the career numbers, Scott Olsen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Grant Bowler and Scott Olsen

Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.67
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
1.62
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.65
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.58
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.46
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.61
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.02
43.02
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.65
17.65
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.69
97.69
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
6.91
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
4.85
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.91
6.91
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.65
6.65
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
27
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2169
27
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.2
9
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
723
9
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
11.88
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
778
9.68
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.88
11.88
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.68
9.68
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
1.34
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
5.83
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
3.62
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.3
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
3.67
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
6.57
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.57
6.57
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.056
1.056
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.133
1.133
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.3
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.16
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
43.2
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3179
39.57
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.94
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
8.21
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
5.55
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.21
8.21
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.44
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.22
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.73
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.968
1.968
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.479
1.479
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
37.37
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2822
35.13
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.2
43.2
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.57
39.57

Fielding Stats for Grant Bowler and Scott Olsen

Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
1.62
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.58
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2169
27
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
9
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.17
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.06
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.29
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
1.23
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.78
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.19
95.19
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.412
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.762
0.762
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.69
97.69
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Bowler and Scott Olsen

Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
784.62
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
314.29
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
600
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
213
507.14
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.443
0.443
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
76.19
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
64.29
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
11.9
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
11.9
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
17.26
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.56
15.63
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
88.1
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
92.86
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.351
0.351
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
19.05
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
35.71
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
184.62
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
54.76
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.14
-6.44
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.81
9.08
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
16.67
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
276.92
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
89
211.9
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
2.17
2.17
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.83
2.83
Grant Bowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
76.19
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Bowler
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA