Pete Dowling vs. Philip Humber — Career Comparison

Pete Dowling
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Philip Humber
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Philip Humber built a career as a starting pitcher and Pete Dowling as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Pete Dowling posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.455 compared to 5.31 and 1.442 for Philip Humber. By the career numbers, Pete Dowling had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pete Dowling and Philip Humber

Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
1.16
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.35
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
1.01
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.24
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.38
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.39
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.63
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.56
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.03
41.03
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.29
87.29
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.58
52.58
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.91
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
391
3.84
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
5.31
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2748
27
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
916
9
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
992
9.75
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
9.65
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.66
9.66
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.15
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.29
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
341
3.35
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
3.13
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
300
2.95
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
6.6
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.6
6.6
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.081
1.081
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.18
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.63
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.63
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.32
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4023
39.53
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1630
39.54
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.12
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.41
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
581
5.71
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
5.41
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.41
5.41
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.29
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.63
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.455
1.455
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.421
1.421
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3618
35.55
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1470
35.66
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.53
39.53
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.54
39.54

Fielding Stats for Pete Dowling and Philip Humber

Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
1.17
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.35
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.24
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2724
27
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
908
9
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.3
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.7
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
2.28
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.63
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.3
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.87
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
1.38
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
2.58
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.33
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.66
89.66
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.49
96.49
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.567
0.567
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.58
52.58
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pete Dowling and Philip Humber

Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
118
187.3
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97
4476.92
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
378
600
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
354
561.9
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
11
507.69
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.524
0.524
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
111.11
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
85.71
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
15.87
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.94
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.59
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
25.4
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.54
37.37
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
3.73
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
147.62
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
141.27
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.501
0.501
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.401
0.401
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
44.44
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
46.03
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
88.89
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.83
37.82
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-18.27
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
9.52
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
20.63
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
120.63
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
184.62
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.97
4.97
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
7.94
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.17
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.17
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA