Bob Bowman vs. Bob Smith — Career Comparison

Bob Bowman
Greatest GenerationWest VirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bob Smith
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Bob Bowman and Bob Smith are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bob Bowman had the edge in ERA (3.82 vs 3.94). By the career numbers, Bob Bowman had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Bob Bowman and Bob Smith

Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.69
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
435
1.74
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.94
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
0.92
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.64
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
0.42
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.42
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
0.56
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.47
60.47
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.27
43.27
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.86
34.86
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.64
52.64
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.32
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.51
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.25
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.16
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.82
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
983
3.94
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1095
27
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6739
27
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
365
9
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2246.1
9
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
8.88
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2472
9.9
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.88
8.88
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.67
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.53
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
3.43
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
2.68
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
3.6
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
618
2.48
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.781
0.781
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.04
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.07
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1567
38.64
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9652
38.67
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.86
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
0.63
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
4.32
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1139
4.56
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.367
1.367
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.399
1.399
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1422
35.06
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8964
35.91
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.67
38.67

Fielding Stats for Bob Bowman and Bob Smith

Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
659
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1391
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2139
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2050
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.51
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.84
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.762
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.962
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Bowman and Bob Smith

Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
109
540.5
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
742
248.3
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1793
600
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
101
500.83
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1689
565.2
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.355
0.355
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
7
34.71
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
409
136.87
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
24.79
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
323
108.09
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
21.42
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
5.69
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
1.67
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.92
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
28.78
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
2.4
11.92
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135.95
45.49
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
11
54.55
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
522
174.68
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
462
154.6
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.574
0.574
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
24.79
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
51.53
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
19.83
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
55.55
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
8
39.67
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
315
105.41
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.97
-9.77
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
152.81
51.14
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.33
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
17.4
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
302.48
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
36.81
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.98
1.98
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.3
16.3
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
17.07
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.67
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
5.35
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
4.35
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
9.7
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.17
55.17