Sonny Collins vs. Ken Rowe — Career Comparison

Sonny Collins
UnknownPhiladelphia Bacharach GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Ken Rowe
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Sonny Collins built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Rowe as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Rowe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.57 and WHIP 1.610 compared to 9.22 and 2.305 for Sonny Collins. By the career numbers, Ken Rowe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sonny Collins and Ken Rowe

Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.16
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.4
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9.22
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.57
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.22
9.22
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
27
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45.1
9
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
15.48
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
10.92
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.48
15.48
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.92
10.92
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.6
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
5.27
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.78
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.79
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.77
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.805
0.805
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.728
0.728
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.79
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
48.73
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
41.1
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.79
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
10.21
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
6.15
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.15
6.15
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.305
2.305
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.522
1.522
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
42.48
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
38.12
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.372
0.372
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.73
48.73
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.1
41.1

Fielding Stats for Sonny Collins and Ken Rowe

Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.16
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
27
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45.1
9
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.63
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.59
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.99
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.96
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
2.78
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.96
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.79
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.29
64.29
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sonny Collins and Ken Rowe

Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
7
300
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
2600
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
600
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
557.14
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.857
0.857
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.13
91.31
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
14.97
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
257.14
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.846
0.846
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
257.14
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.47
105.72
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
5.56
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA