Dick Conway vs. Sean Newcomb — Career Comparison

Dick Conway
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sean Newcomb
MillenialMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Sean Newcomb built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Conway as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sean Newcomb posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.2 and WHIP 1.469 compared to 4.78 and 1.537 for Dick Conway. By the career numbers, Sean Newcomb had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Conway and Sean Newcomb

Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.05
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
3.84
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.05
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.12
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.38
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.52
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.61
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.52
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.15
29.15
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
4.78
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
4.2
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1570
27
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523.1
9
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
404
10.33
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
8.43
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.46
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.98
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
3.5
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
4.59
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
3.09
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
529
9.1
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.733
0.733
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.521
1.521
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.79
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.38
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.36
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.4
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1598
40.86
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2296
39.49
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.45
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
7.24
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
4.52
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.24
7.24
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.22
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.77
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.537
1.537
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1447
37
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1981
34.07
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.9
6.9
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.86
40.86
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.49
39.49

Fielding Stats for Dick Conway and Sean Newcomb

Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.05
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
3.84
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.12
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1518
27
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1570
27
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
506
9
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523.1
9
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.53
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.48
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.15
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.27
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
2.28
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.34
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.01
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.29
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.28
88.28
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.15
96.15
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.915
1.915
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.15
29.15
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Conway and Sean Newcomb

Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
58
154.67
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
223
1365.31
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
600
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
98
600
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204
544
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
81
495.92
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
125.33
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
3
18.37
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
106.67
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.24
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.12
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.67
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.12
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.24
51.29
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
1.57
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
146.67
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
4
24.49
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
181.33
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
6
36.73
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.572
0.572
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
72
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
4
24.49
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
37.33
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.12
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
109.33
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
5
30.61
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.58
57.55
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.5
-33.68
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
53.33
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
3
18.37
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.67
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
57
348.98
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.23
10.23
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
1.72
1.72
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.91
0.91
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Newcomb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
85.71
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.12
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Sean Newcomb
Career
Per 600 PA