Dick Fowler vs. Jim Lindsey — Career Comparison

Dick Fowler
Greatest GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Lindsey
Lost GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Fowler built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Lindsey 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 4.7 and 1.585 for Jim Lindsey. 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 Jim Lindsey

Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
1.53
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.7
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.17
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.42
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.46
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.44
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.55
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.42
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.52
45.52
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.22
51.22
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.3
11.3
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.52
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.4
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
4.11
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
4.7
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3909
27
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1293
27
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1303
9
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
431
9
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1367
9.44
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
507
10.59
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.59
10.59
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.66
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.52
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
578
3.99
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
3.68
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
2.64
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
3.65
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.737
0.737
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.814
0.814
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.19
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.13
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.25
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5680
39.23
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1943
40.57
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.25
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.67
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
685
4.73
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
5.45
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.493
1.493
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.585
1.585
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5083
35.11
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1755
36.65
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.23
39.23
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.57
40.57

Fielding Stats for Dick Fowler and Jim Lindsey

Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.62
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.59
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.285
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.412
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Fowler and Jim Lindsey

Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
270.12
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
177
983.33
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
600
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
108
600
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
472
564.14
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
97
538.89
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.454
0.454
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
105.18
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
18
100
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
90.84
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
16
88.89
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.95
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.56
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.2
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.56
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
14.34
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.11
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.52
22.13
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
3.93
21.81
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
123.11
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
21
116.67
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
124.3
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
19
105.56
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
26.29
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
33.33
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
38.25
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
6
33.33
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
63.35
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
66.67
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.23
18.21
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.83
21.3
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
17.93
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.56
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
82.47
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
127.78
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.28
7.28
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
4.7
4.7
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
16.73
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
55.56
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
15
17.93
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA