Matthew Bowman vs. Fred Johnson — Career Comparison

Matthew Bowman
MillenialMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Johnson
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Johnson 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 posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.38 and WHIP 1.350 compared to 5.26 and 1.602 for Fred Johnson. By the career numbers, Matthew Bowman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Matthew Bowman and Fred Johnson

Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.64
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
2.06
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.92
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.3
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.38
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.52
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.76
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.36
36.36
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
4.38
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
5.26
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
722
27
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240.2
9
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
8.6
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
11.06
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.06
11.06
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.9
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.92
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.1
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
3.36
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.45
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
7.25
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
2.97
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.151
1.151
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.41
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
38.89
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
530
40.42
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.94
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.92
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.79
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
5.95
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.95
5.95
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.71
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.301
1.301
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.602
1.602
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
932
34.85
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
485
36.99
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.42
40.42

Fielding Stats for Matthew Bowman and Fred Johnson

Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.64
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
722
27
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240.2
9
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.75
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.98
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.92
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.73
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.59
93.59
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Matthew Bowman and Fred Johnson

Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
232
27840
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
27
385.71
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
600
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
557.14
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
85.71
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
85.71
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
11.82
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
85.71
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
85.71
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.108
0.108
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
28.57
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
42.86
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
71.43
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.25
-29.79
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
3.35
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
128.57
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
4.67
4.67
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
42.86
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA