Dick Fowler vs. Bumpus Jones — Career Comparison

Dick Fowler
Greatest GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bumpus Jones
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Fowler built a career as a starting pitcher and Bumpus Jones as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Fowler posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.11 and WHIP 1.493 compared to 7.99 and 1.896 for Bumpus Jones. By the career numbers, Dick Fowler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Fowler and Bumpus Jones

Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
1.53
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.73
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
1.17
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.51
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.46
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.55
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.86
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.52
45.52
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.92
76.92
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.52
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.65
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
4.11
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
7.99
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.99
7.99
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3909
27
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
27
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1303
9
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.2
9
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1367
9.44
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
9.07
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.07
9.07
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.66
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
578
3.99
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
7.99
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.99
7.99
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.64
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.16
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.737
0.737
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.128
1.128
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.65
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.13
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.3
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5680
39.23
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
45.14
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.25
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
685
4.73
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
9.29
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.29
9.29
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.493
1.493
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.896
1.896
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5083
35.11
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
35.86
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.23
39.23
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.14
45.14

Fielding Stats for Dick Fowler and Bumpus Jones

Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.71
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
27
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
9
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.29
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.93
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.5
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.62
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.285
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.875
0.875
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Fowler and Bumpus Jones

Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
226
270.12
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
8
228.57
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
600
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
472
564.14
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
18
514.29
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.454
0.454
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.773
0.773
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
105.18
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
90.84
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
11.95
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.2
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
14.34
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.52
22.13
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
80.65
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
123.11
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
200
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
124.3
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
200
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.431
0.431
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.722
0.722
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.786
0.786
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
26.29
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
38.25
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
63.35
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.23
18.21
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.79
79.66
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
17.93
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
82.47
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.28
7.28
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
5.25
5.25
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
16.73
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
15
17.93
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
2.39
Bumpus Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bumpus Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100