Roy Face vs. Bill Powell — Career Comparison

Roy Face
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Bill Powell
Lost GenerationWest VirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Powell built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy Face as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Powell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.87 and WHIP 1.406 compared to 3.48 and 1.320 for Roy Face. By the career numbers, Bill Powell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Face and Bill Powell

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
5.55
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.81
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.17
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.43
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.62
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.85
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.26
52.26
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.71
64.71
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.43
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
1.26
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
531
3.48
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.87
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4125
27
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
27
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1375
9
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.2
9
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1347
8.82
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
8.08
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
0.92
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
2.37
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.57
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.69
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
877
5.74
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.66
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.74
5.74
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.901
0.901
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.803
0.803
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.21
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.32
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.64
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5691
37.25
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
37.52
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
574
3.76
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.43
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
3.87
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
4.46
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.406
1.406
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5315
34.79
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
32.31
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.52
37.52

Fielding Stats for Roy Face and Bill Powell

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
6.07
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.87
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.1
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3773
27
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
27
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1257.2
9
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
9
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.74
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.66
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
1.52
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.29
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
2.36
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
4.06
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
2.26
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
3.95
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.76
95.76
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.3
97.3
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.373
0.373
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.118
2.118
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.65
1.65
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.82
58.82
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Face and Bill Powell

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
853
2391.59
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
17
364.29
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
600
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
28
600
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
194
543.93
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
557.14
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.402
0.402
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
86.92
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
150
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
78.5
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
128.57
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.41
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.41
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.93
13.82
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.33
49.94
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
95.33
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
171.43
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
92.52
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
171.43
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.604
0.604
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.474
0.474
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
25.23
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.63
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.86
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
42.86
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
2.04
5.73
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.78
59.63
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
5.61
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
47
131.78
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
107.14
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
4.55
4.55
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.6
5.6
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
50.47
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.41
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA