Matthew Bowman vs. Clay Buchholz — Career Comparison

Matthew Bowman
MillenialMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Clay Buchholz
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Clay Buchholz built a career as a starting pitcher and Matthew Bowman as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matthew Bowman led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 132 vs 89), home run suppression (HR9+ 193 vs 168), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 119 vs 107). Clay Buchholz held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 135 vs 111). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Matthew Bowman.

Pitching Stats for Matthew Bowman and Clay Buchholz

Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.64
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
1.59
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.47
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.3
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.61
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.52
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.47
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.36
36.36
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.6
56.6
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.37
92.37
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
4.38
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
3.98
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
722
27
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3997
27
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
240.2
9
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1332.1
9
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
230
8.6
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
8.59
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.9
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
0.94
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
3.1
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
3.09
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.45
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
7.25
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1024
6.92
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.92
6.92
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.151
1.151
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.112
1.112
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.2
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.41
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.33
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1040
38.89
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5607
37.88
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.94
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
4.79
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
644
4.35
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.31
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.71
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.99
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.301
1.301
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.299
1.299
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
932
34.85
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5034
34.01
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Matthew Bowman and Clay Buchholz

Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.64
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
1.59
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.48
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
722
27
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3997
27
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
240.2
9
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1332.1
9
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.75
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.95
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.98
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
0.91
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.92
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
292
1.97
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.73
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
1.86
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.59
93.59
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.52
94.52
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.8
92.8
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matthew Bowman and Clay Buchholz

Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
232
27840
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
238
2644.44
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
600
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
511.11
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
44.44
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.33
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
7.45
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
55.56
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
66.67
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.25
-29.79
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.16
-12.94
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.22
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
24
266.67
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
66.67
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA