Roger Bowman vs. Scott Olsen — Career Comparison

Roger Bowman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scott Olsen
MillenialMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scott Olsen 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. Scott Olsen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.85 and WHIP 1.512 compared to 5.81 and 1.785 for Roger Bowman. By the career numbers, Scott Olsen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roger Bowman and Scott Olsen

Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
3.82
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
1.62
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.92
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.58
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.46
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.84
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.61
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.02
43.02
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
24
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.69
97.69
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
5.81
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
4.85
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
353
27
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2169
27
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
117.2
9
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
723
9
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
10.48
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
778
9.68
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.68
9.68
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.07
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
1.34
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
5.43
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
3.62
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.3
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
5.74
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
6.57
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.57
6.57
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.241
1.241
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.133
1.133
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.3
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.16
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
564
43.14
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3179
39.57
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.38
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
6.5
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
5.55
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.44
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.22
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.73
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.768
1.768
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.479
1.479
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
489
37.4
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2822
35.13
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.14
43.14
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.57
39.57

Fielding Stats for Roger Bowman and Scott Olsen

Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
27
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
1.62
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.08
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.58
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
27
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2169
27
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.2
9
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
723
9
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5.4
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.17
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
10.8
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
1.06
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
16.2
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
1.29
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
16.2
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
1.23
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.19
95.19
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.762
0.762
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.69
97.69
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roger Bowman and Scott Olsen

Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
1363.64
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
314.29
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
600
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
18
490.91
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
213
507.14
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.443
0.443
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
64.29
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.9
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.9
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
21.84
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.56
15.63
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
88.1
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
92.86
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.351
0.351
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
19.05
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
35.71
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
54.76
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.94
25.53
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.81
9.08
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
16.67
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
190.91
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
89
211.9
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.14
3.14
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
2.83
2.83
Roger Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
54.55
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
76.19
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA