Ted Bowsfield vs. Matt Cain — Career Comparison

Ted Bowsfield
Silent GenerationCANThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt Cain
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Matt Cain a clear advantage over Ted Bowsfield across the core pitching metrics. Matt Cain led in strikeout rate (K%+ 101 vs 77), run prevention (ERA+ 113 vs 92), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 103 vs 96). Ted Bowsfield held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 114 vs 101). Matt Cain was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Ted Bowsfield and Matt Cain

Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
2.92
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
342
1.48
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
1.17
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.43
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.5
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.45
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.53
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.51
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.68
48.68
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.85
46.85
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.78
96.78
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.16
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320
4.35
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
853
3.68
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1987
27
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6257
27
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
662.1
9
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2085.2
9
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699
9.5
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1849
7.98
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.5
9.5
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.98
7.98
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.86
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
211
0.91
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
259
3.52
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
3.07
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.19
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.18
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
326
4.43
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1694
7.31
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.52
1.52
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.883
0.883
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.154
1.154
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.19
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.3
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.16
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.27
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2920
39.68
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8699
37.54
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.69
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
369
5.01
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
910
3.93
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.38
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.29
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.54
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.446
1.446
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.228
1.228
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2649
36
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7771
33.53
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.68
39.68
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Ted Bowsfield and Matt Cain

Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
2.92
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
342
1.48
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
1.17
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.43
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1989
27
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6257
27
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
663
9
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2085.2
9
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.67
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
0.57
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.56
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
0.99
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.2
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
2.43
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
1.63
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
2.23
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.55
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.62
91.62
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.49
95.49
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.763
0.763
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.053
1.053
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.78
96.78
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Bowsfield and Matt Cain

Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
235
705
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
349
295.76
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
200
600
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
708
600
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
173
519
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
611
517.8
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
66
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
62.71
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
54
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
44.92
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
11.02
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.85
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.93
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
12
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
17.8
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
5.53
16.6
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.82
17.64
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
27
81
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
93.22
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
108
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96
81.36
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
57
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
22.88
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
8
24
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
28.81
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
81
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
45.76
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.66
7.97
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
2.63
2.23
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.85
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
42
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
17.8
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
198
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
308
261.02
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
3.03
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
2.3
2.3
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
39
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
61.86
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.85
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA