Roger Bowman vs. Phil Marchildon — Career Comparison

Roger Bowman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Phil Marchildon
Greatest GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Phil Marchildon built a career as a starting pitcher and Roger Bowman as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Phil Marchildon posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.93 and WHIP 1.456 compared to 5.81 and 1.785 for Roger Bowman. By the career numbers, Phil Marchildon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roger Bowman and Phil Marchildon

Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
3.82
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
1.37
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.92
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
1.2
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.5
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.84
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.56
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.55
47.55
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
24
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.57
87.57
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.61
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
5.81
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
530
3.93
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
353
27
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3643
27
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
117.2
9
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1214.1
9
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
10.48
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1084
8.03
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.03
8.03
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.07
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.6
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
5.43
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
684
5.07
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
5.74
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
481
3.56
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.74
5.74
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.241
1.241
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.959
0.959
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.33
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
564
43.14
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5309
39.35
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.38
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
6.5
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
605
4.48
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.768
1.768
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.456
1.456
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
489
37.4
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4602
34.11
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.14
43.14
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Roger Bowman and Phil Marchildon

Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
27
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.08
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
27
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16.2
9
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5.4
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
10.8
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
16.2
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
16.2
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.62
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.189
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Roger Bowman and Phil Marchildon

Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
1363.64
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
185
236.67
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
469
600
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
18
490.91
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
405
518.12
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.438
0.438
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
74.2
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
62.69
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.96
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.28
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.28
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
11.51
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
21.84
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.53
17.31
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
89.55
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
110.02
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.371
0.371
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
26.87
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
33.26
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
58.85
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.94
25.53
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.97
10.2
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.28
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
34.54
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
190.91
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
140.72
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
3.14
3.14
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.26
4.26
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
46.06
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
7
8.96
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.28
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.28
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0