Bob Bruce vs. Sam McDowell — Career Comparison

Bob Bruce
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Sam McDowell
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Sam McDowell a clear advantage over Bob Bruce across the core pitching metrics. Sam McDowell led in strikeout rate (K%+ 138 vs 103), home run suppression (HR9+ 134 vs 115), and run prevention (ERA+ 99 vs 91). Bob Bruce held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 116 vs 61). Sam McDowell was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Bob Bruce and Sam McDowell

Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.76
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
425
1.53
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.34
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
346
1.25
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.39
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.51
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.57
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.48
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.83
40.83
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.27
51.27
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.26
76.26
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.41
81.41
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.21
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.37
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.08
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
3.85
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
3.17
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.213
0.213
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3367
27
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7477
27
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1122.1
9
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2492.1
9
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1146
9.19
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1948
7.03
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.19
9.19
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.03
7.03
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.76
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.59
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
2.73
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1312
4.74
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.2
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.27
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
733
5.88
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2453
8.86
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.86
8.86
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.77
5.77
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.956
0.956
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.511
1.511
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.3
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.51
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.38
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.21
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4818
38.64
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10587
38.23
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.14
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.14
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
551
4.42
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
999
3.61
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.14
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.08
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
1.324
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4430
35.52
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9156
33.06
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.64
38.64
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.23
38.23

Fielding Stats for Bob Bruce and Sam McDowell

Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.76
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
1.54
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.34
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
346
1.25
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3367
27
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7480
27
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1122.1
9
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2493.1
9
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.76
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.29
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.32
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.18
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.12
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
2.14
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
441
1.59
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
2.08
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
1.47
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
97
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.52
92.52
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.956
0.956
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.26
76.26
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.03
81.03
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.08
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Bruce and Sam McDowell

Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
223
333.67
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
429
302.47
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
401
600
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
851
600
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
346
517.71
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
774
545.71
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.458
0.458
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
52
77.81
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
83.9
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
44
65.84
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
76.15
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.47
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
7
4.94
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.5
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.41
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.41
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
11.97
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
7.76
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13.96
20.89
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22.45
15.83
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
61
91.27
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
136
95.89
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
83
124.19
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
95.89
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.396
0.396
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
37.41
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
23.97
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
25.44
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
25.38
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
62.84
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
47.94
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.57
17.31
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
9.65
6.81
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.49
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.71
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
41.9
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
16
11.28
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
152.62
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
306
215.75
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.93
3.93
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
2.78
2.78
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
23
34.41
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
39.48
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.5
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.82
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
4.49
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.23
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.71
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.71
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0