Matthew Bowman vs. Bob Buhl — Career Comparison

Matthew Bowman
MillenialMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bob Buhl
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Bob Buhl 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 home run suppression (HR9+ 193 vs 84), walk avoidance (BB%+ 132 vs 91), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 119 vs 85). Role difference aside, Matthew Bowman holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Matthew Bowman and Bob Buhl

Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.64
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
1.59
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
1.28
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.3
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.58
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.52
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.46
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.36
36.36
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.7
55.7
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.74
80.74
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.39
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.07
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
4.38
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1019
3.55
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
722
27
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7761
27
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
240.2
9
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2587
9
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
230
8.6
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2446
8.51
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.9
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
0.83
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.1
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
1105
3.84
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.45
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.18
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
7.25
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
4.41
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.151
1.151
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.917
0.917
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.24
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.41
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.13
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.02
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1040
38.89
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11045
38.42
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.94
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.13
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
4.79
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1162
4.04
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.71
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.301
1.301
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.373
1.373
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
932
34.85
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9903
34.45
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.42
38.42

Fielding Stats for Matthew Bowman and Bob Buhl

Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.64
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
1.69
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
1.3
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
722
27
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7297
27
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
240.2
9
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2432.1
9
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.75
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
0.78
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.98
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
461
1.71
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.07
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.92
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
690
2.55
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.73
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
2.49
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.59
93.59
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.39
97.39
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.81
76.81
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.12
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matthew Bowman and Bob Buhl

Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
232
27840
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
457
288.03
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
952
600
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
857
540.13
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
47.9
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
46.64
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.26
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.26
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.72
5.5
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
49.16
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
73.11
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
19.54
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
16.39
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
35.92
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.25
-29.79
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-27.09
-17.07
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.26
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
23.95
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
389
245.17
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
2.45
2.45
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
33.4
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.26
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
10
6.3
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.26
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.26
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.52
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50