Candy Cummings vs. Ken Rowe — Career Comparison

Candy Cummings
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MutualsUnknownHall of FameStarting Pitcher
Ken Rowe
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Candy Cummings 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. Candy Cummings posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.42 and WHIP 1.228 compared to 3.57 and 1.610 for Ken Rowe. By the career numbers, Candy Cummings had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Candy Cummings and Ken Rowe

Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
1.01
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.16
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.01
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.61
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.39
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.67
60.67
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.59
99.59
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
0.98
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
2.42
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
3.57
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6449
27
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
27
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2149.2
9
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.1
9
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2526
10.58
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
10.92
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.58
10.58
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.6
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.47
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
2.78
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.79
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
259
1.08
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.77
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.173
0.173
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.728
0.728
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.28
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.79
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9583
40.12
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
41.1
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.79
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1450
6.07
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
6.15
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.07
6.07
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.228
1.228
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9470
39.65
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
38.12
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.12
40.12
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.1
41.1

Fielding Stats for Candy Cummings and Ken Rowe

Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
254
1.03
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.16
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.44
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6645
27
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
27
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2215
9
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.1
9
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.44
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320
1.3
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.59
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.26
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.99
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
494
2.01
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.78
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
429
1.74
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.79
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.84
86.84
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.29
64.29
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.689
1.689
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.52
42.52
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Candy Cummings and Ken Rowe

Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
247
136.72
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
2600
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1084
600
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1068
591.14
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
227
125.65
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
104.61
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
16.05
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.98
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
21.03
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58.89
32.6
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
14.97
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
151.66
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
243
134.5
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.481
0.481
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
82.47
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
59.23
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
256
141.7
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.69
34.7
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
5.56
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
8.86
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
28.23
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.25
21.25
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.21
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.66
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.11
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.77
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA