Sumner Bowman vs. Ray Harrell — Career Comparison

Sumner Bowman
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Ray Harrell
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ray Harrell built a career as a starting pitcher and Sumner Bowman as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sumner Bowman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.22 and WHIP 1.861 compared to 5.7 and 1.703 for Ray Harrell. By the career numbers, Sumner Bowman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sumner Bowman and Ray Harrell

Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.1
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
3.25
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.98
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.85
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.25
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.25
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.61
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.55
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.03
31.03
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.05
26.05
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.86
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.16
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
5.22
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
5.7
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.22
5.22
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
440
27
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
990
27
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
146.2
9
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
9
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
11.29
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
10.5
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.29
11.29
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.5
10.5
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.71
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
5.46
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
4.83
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.46
5.46
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
2.82
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.71
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.921
0.921
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.949
0.949
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.1
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.41
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.04
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.27
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
44.55
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1542
42.05
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.95
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
9.27
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
6.98
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.27
9.27
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.98
6.98
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.861
1.861
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.703
1.703
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
620
38.05
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1355
36.95
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.39
8.39
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.55
44.55
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.05
42.05

Fielding Stats for Sumner Bowman and Ray Harrell

Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.26
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
27
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
9
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.58
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.4
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
2.37
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.98
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.67
83.67
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91.43
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.577
1.577
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.538
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Sumner Bowman and Ray Harrell

Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
25
150
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
892.5
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
600
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
80
600
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
564
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
72
540
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.648
0.648
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
150
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.5
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
120
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
22.5
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
30
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
15
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
30
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
15
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.68
58.11
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
1.07
8.03
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
180
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
7
52.5
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
186
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
10
75
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.629
0.629
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
90
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
30
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
36
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.5
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
126
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.5
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.87
65.24
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.14
-16.03
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
36
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
37.5
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
102
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
26
195
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.88
5.88
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
3.08
3.08
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Harrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
22.5
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ray Harrell
Career
Per 600 PA