Jack Combs vs. Ken Rowe — Career Comparison

Jack Combs
UnknownThrows RightBats RightDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Rowe
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Combs 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 6.56 and 1.605 for Jack Combs. By the career numbers, Ken Rowe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Combs and Ken Rowe

Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.95
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.16
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.2
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.48
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.6
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.3
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
6.56
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.57
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.56
6.56
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.59
7.59
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.464
0.464
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
901
27
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
27
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
300.1
9
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.1
9
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
10.55
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
10.92
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.55
10.55
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.57
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.6
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
3.9
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.78
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.79
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
3.45
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.77
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.77
1.77
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.816
0.816
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.728
0.728
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.79
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.24
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
931
27.9
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
41.1
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.51
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.79
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
7.46
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
6.15
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.46
7.46
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.15
6.15
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.05
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.42
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.605
1.605
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.522
1.522
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
758
22.71
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
38.12
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.534
0.534
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.9
27.9
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.1
41.1

Fielding Stats for Jack Combs and Ken Rowe

Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
2.94
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.16
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.76
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
615
27
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
27
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
9
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.1
9
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.26
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
3.07
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.59
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.22
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.99
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
3.56
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.78
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
3.34
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.79
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.83
93.83
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.29
64.29
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.134
1.134
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.7
59.7
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Combs and Ken Rowe

Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
324.19
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
2600
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
124
600
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
541.94
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
82.26
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
72.58
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.84
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.84
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.68
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.4
21.3
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
14.97
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
96.77
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
116.13
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
38.71
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
29.03
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
67.74
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.8
18.37
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
5.56
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
33.87
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.19
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.84
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.84
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA