Dick Fowler vs. Michael Jackson — Career Comparison

Dick Fowler
Greatest GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Michael Jackson
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Fowler built a career as a starting pitcher and Michael Jackson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Michael Jackson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.42 and WHIP 1.285 compared to 4.11 and 1.493 for Dick Fowler. By the career numbers, Michael Jackson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Fowler and Michael Jackson

Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
1.53
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1005
7.61
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.17
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.46
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.47
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.55
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.51
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.52
45.52
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.06
48.06
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.52
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.08
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
595
4.11
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
3.42
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3909
27
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3565
27
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1303
9
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1188.1
9
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1367
9.44
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
983
7.44
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.66
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
0.96
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
578
3.99
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
3.51
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.61
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
382
2.64
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
7.62
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.737
0.737
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.237
1.237
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.3
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.13
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.2
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5680
39.23
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4966
37.61
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.25
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
3.2
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
685
4.73
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
3.73
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.41
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.31
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.65
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.493
1.493
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.218
1.218
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5083
35.11
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4351
32.95
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.23
39.23
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Dick Fowler and Michael Jackson

Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1005
7.61
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3565
27
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1188.1
9
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.43
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
1.26
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.76
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.69
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.62
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.12
96.12
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.285
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.1
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Fowler and Michael Jackson

Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
226
270.12
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1005
18272.73
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
600
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
472
564.14
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
28
509.09
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.454
0.454
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
0.53
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
105.18
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
90.91
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
90.84
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
11.95
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
14.34
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.52
22.13
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.49
27.07
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
123.11
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
127.27
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
124.3
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
109.09
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.431
0.431
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
26.29
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
38.25
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
63.35
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.23
18.21
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.35
24.5
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
17.93
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
69
82.47
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
7.28
7.28
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.25
8.25
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
16.73
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
15
17.93
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA