Ted Bowsfield vs. Fred Tenney — Career Comparison

Ted Bowsfield
Silent GenerationCANThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fred Tenney
Pre-GenerationalNew HampshireThrows LeftNorth AmericaBoston RedsUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher

Ted Bowsfield built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Tenney as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Tenney posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.82 and WHIP 1.157 compared to 4.35 and 1.468 for Ted Bowsfield. By the career numbers, Fred Tenney had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ted Bowsfield and Fred Tenney

Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
2.92
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.06
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.17
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.06
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.5
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.53
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.53
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.68
48.68
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.16
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.06
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
320
4.35
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.82
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1987
27
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662.1
9
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
699
9.5
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
8.29
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.5
9.5
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.86
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
3.52
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.12
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.19
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.12
2.12
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
326
4.43
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
6.35
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.35
6.35
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.52
1.52
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.883
0.883
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.941
0.941
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.19
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.06
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.16
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2920
39.68
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
38.47
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.69
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
5.01
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
6.53
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.01
5.01
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.53
6.53
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.446
1.446
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.157
1.157
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2649
36
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
36.35
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.68
39.68
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.47
38.47

Fielding Stats for Ted Bowsfield and Fred Tenney

Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
2.92
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.06
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.17
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1989
27
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
663
9
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.67
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.56
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.41
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.2
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
2.43
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.12
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
2.23
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.76
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.62
91.62
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.763
0.763
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.667
1.667
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Bowsfield and Fred Tenney

Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
235
705
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
6
156.52
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
200
600
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
519
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
600
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
66
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
54
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.53
16.6
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
4.03
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
81
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
108
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
57
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
24
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
81
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.66
7.97
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.94
-24.59
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
42
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
66
198
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
3.03
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
39
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3
Fred Tenney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Tenney
Career
Per 600 PA