Dick Fowler vs. Clem Labine — Career Comparison

Dick Fowler
Greatest GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Clem Labine
Greatest GenerationRhode IslandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Dick Fowler built a career as a starting pitcher and Clem Labine as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clem Labine posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.63 and WHIP 1.383 compared to 4.11 and 1.493 for Dick Fowler. By the career numbers, Clem Labine had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Fowler and Clem Labine

Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
1.53
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
513
4.28
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.17
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.32
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.46
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.64
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.55
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.47
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.52
45.52
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.89
57.89
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.52
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.8
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
595
4.11
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
3.63
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3909
27
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
3239
27
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1303
9
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1079.2
9
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1367
9.44
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1043
8.69
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.66
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
0.68
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
578
3.99
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
3.3
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.45
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
382
2.64
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
551
4.59
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.737
0.737
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.877
0.877
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.23
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.13
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5680
39.23
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
4577
38.15
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.25
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
2.4
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
685
4.73
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
4.1
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.493
1.493
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5083
35.11
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
4170
34.76
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.23
39.23
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.15
38.15

Fielding Stats for Dick Fowler and Clem Labine

Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
513
5.6
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.17
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2475
27
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
825
9
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.06
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
201
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
2.26
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.15
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.47
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.32
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.62
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.6
95.6
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.285
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.593
0.593
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Fowler and Clem Labine

Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
226
270.12
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
514
1204.69
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
600
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
256
600
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
472
564.14
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
227
532.03
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.454
0.454
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
105.18
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
17
39.84
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
90.84
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
11
25.78
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.95
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.03
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.2
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.03
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
14.34
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
6
14.06
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.52
22.13
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
5.59
13.11
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
123.11
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
29
67.97
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
124.3
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
33
77.34
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
26.29
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
28.13
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
38.25
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
11
25.78
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
63.35
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
20
46.88
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.23
18.21
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.17
-14.47
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.2
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.34
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
15
17.93
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
35.16
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
82.47
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
121
283.59
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.28
7.28
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
2.12
2.12
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
16.73
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
30.47
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
15
17.93
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.72
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA