Joe Bowman vs. Brian Fuentes — Career Comparison

Joe Bowman
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brian Fuentes
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Joe Bowman built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Fuentes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brian Fuentes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.62 and WHIP 1.301 compared to 4.4 and 1.460 for Joe Bowman. By the career numbers, Brian Fuentes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Bowman and Brian Fuentes

Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
298
1.83
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
650
9.54
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.13
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.47
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.38
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.59
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.63
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.51
44.51
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.68
37.68
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.74
61.74
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.45
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.07
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
2.99
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
717
4.4
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
3.62
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4397
27
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1840
27
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1465.2
9
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
613.1
9
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1656
10.17
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
7.56
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.17
10.17
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.56
7.56
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.63
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.94
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
2.97
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
3.79
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.37
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
502
3.08
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
639
9.38
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.38
9.38
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.68
1.68
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.673
0.673
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.463
1.463
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.47
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.25
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.76
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6494
39.88
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2622
38.48
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.44
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
5.59
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
837
5.14
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
3.92
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.4
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.26
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.53
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5969
36.65
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2267
33.27
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.88
39.88
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.48
38.48

Fielding Stats for Joe Bowman and Brian Fuentes

Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
650
9.54
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1840
27
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
613.1
9
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.16
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
254
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.04
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.29
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
340
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.2
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.77
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.18
93.18
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.137
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.126
0.126
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Bowman and Brian Fuentes

Joe Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
430
368.05
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
650
390000
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
701
600
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
639
546.93
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.594
0.594
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
120.68
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
91.58
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
20.54
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.85
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.71
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
29.1
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.72
44.26
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
160.06
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
161.77
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.293
0.293
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.568
0.568
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.072
0.072
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
53.07
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
64.19
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
115.55
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.1
47.16
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.71
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
39.37
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
90
77.03
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.79
7.79
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
11.98
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
12
10.27
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.57
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.57
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA