Carl Edwards vs. Derek Lowe — Career Comparison

Carl Edwards
MillenialSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Derek Lowe
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Derek Lowe built a career as a starting pitcher and Carl Edwards as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Carl Edwards led in strikeout rate (K%+ 134 vs 80), run prevention (ERA+ 138 vs 94), and home run suppression (HR9+ 161 vs 133). Derek Lowe held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 109 vs 80). Role difference aside, Carl Edwards holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Carl Edwards and Derek Lowe

Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
9.44
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
2.29
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.27
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.5
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.59
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.44
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
0.53
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.85
52.85
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.36
55.36
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.03
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.22
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.29
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
3.56
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1195
4.03
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
858
27
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8014
27
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
9
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2671.1
9
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
6.14
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2759
9.3
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.14
6.14
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.88
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
0.73
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
4.75
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
794
2.68
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.19
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.23
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
10.51
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1722
5.8
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.51
10.51
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.696
1.696
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.942
0.942
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.76
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.19
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.22
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.26
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
1192
37.51
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11358
38.27
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.32
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
0.57
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
3.81
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
4.49
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.34
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.19
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.53
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
1.06
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
1024
32.22
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10330
34.8
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.51
37.51
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.27
38.27

Fielding Stats for Carl Edwards and Derek Lowe

Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
9.44
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
2.29
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.27
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
858
27
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8014
27
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
9
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2671.1
9
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.76
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
0.74
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.94
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
1.53
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.06
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.76
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
691
2.33
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.7
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
674
2.27
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.43
96.43
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.54
97.54
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.36
55.36
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Carl Edwards and Derek Lowe

Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PAverified
302
60400
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
682
766.29
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
534
600
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
436
489.89
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
73.03
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
57.3
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
14.61
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.73
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.53
18.58
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
91.01
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
105.62
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
33.71
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
28.09
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
60.67
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.33
-66.4
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.81
13.26
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.58
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
600
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
144.94
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.14
4.14
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
75.28
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.25
Carl Edwards
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7.87
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Carl Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100