Sumner Bowman vs. Jake Weimer — Career Comparison

Sumner Bowman
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Jake Weimer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jake Weimer 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. Jake Weimer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.23 and WHIP 1.168 compared to 5.22 and 1.861 for Sumner Bowman. By the career numbers, Jake Weimer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sumner Bowman and Jake Weimer

Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.1
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.17
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.98
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.1
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.25
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.59
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.61
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.42
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.43
58.43
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.24
94.24
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.86
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.87
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.13
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
5.22
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
2.23
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
440
27
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4418
27
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
146.2
9
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1472.2
9
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
11.29
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1227
7.5
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.29
11.29
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.5
7.5
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.09
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.07
0.07
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
5.46
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
3.01
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.46
5.46
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
2.82
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
657
4.02
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.921
0.921
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.781
0.781
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.1
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.16
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.04
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.45
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
44.55
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5971
36.49
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
9.27
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
3.12
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.27
9.27
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.861
1.861
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.168
1.168
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
620
38.05
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5405
33.03
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.39
8.39
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.55
44.55
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.49
36.49

Fielding Stats for Sumner Bowman and Jake Weimer

Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.26
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
1.17
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.9
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4419
27
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1473
9
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.75
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.4
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
2.46
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.2
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
2.37
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
3.4
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.98
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
524
3.2
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.67
83.67
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.24
94.24
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.577
1.577
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.744
2.744
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.96
76.96
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sumner Bowman and Jake Weimer

Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
25
150
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
192
197.26
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
100
600
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
584
600
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
564
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
540
554.79
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.648
0.648
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.53
0.53
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
150
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
118.15
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
120
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
104.79
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
30
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
11.3
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.03
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.03
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
30
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
13.36
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9.68
58.11
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35.2
36.17
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
180
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
131
134.59
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
186
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
151.03
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.629
0.629
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
90
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
47.26
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
36
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
36.99
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
126
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
83.22
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10.87
65.24
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39.52
40.6
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.08
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
36
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
29.79
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
102
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
101.71
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
5.88
5.88
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.9
5.9
Sumner Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12.33
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
4.11
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
4.11
Sumner Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100