Dick Fowler vs. Willie Hernandez — Career Comparison

Dick Fowler
Greatest GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Willie Hernandez
Baby BoomersP.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star

Dick Fowler built a career as a starting pitcher and Willie Hernandez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Willie Hernandez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.38 and WHIP 1.321 compared to 4.11 and 1.493 for Dick Fowler. By the career numbers, Willie Hernandez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Fowler and Willie Hernandez

Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
1.53
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.17
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.46
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.6
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.55
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.54
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.52
45.52
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.52
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.27
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
595
4.11
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
392
3.38
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3909
27
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1303
9
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1367
9.44
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
952
8.2
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.66
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.84
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
578
3.99
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
3.01
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.68
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
382
2.64
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
6.79
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.79
6.79
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.737
0.737
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.088
1.088
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.13
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5680
39.23
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4366
37.61
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.25
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
3.61
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
685
4.73
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
3.71
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.56
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.31
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.62
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.493
1.493
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5083
35.11
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3891
33.52
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.23
39.23
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Dick Fowler and Willie Hernandez

Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3134
27
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1044.2
9
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.5
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
1.46
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.99
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
1.96
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.62
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.27
98.27
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.285
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.48
1.48
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.1
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Fowler and Willie Hernandez

Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
226
270.12
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
747
6402.86
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
600
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
70
600
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
472
564.14
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
63
540
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.454
0.454
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
105.18
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
111.43
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
90.84
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
94.29
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
11.95
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
14.34
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.52
22.13
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.49
29.92
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
123.11
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
128.57
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
124.3
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
14
120
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.431
0.431
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
26.29
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
34.29
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
38.25
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.71
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
63.35
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
7
60
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.23
18.21
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
30.01
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
17.93
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
82.47
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
248.57
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.28
7.28
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2.41
2.41
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
16.73
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
51.43
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
15
17.93
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.39
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100