Dick Fowler vs. Bobby Locke — Career Comparison

Dick Fowler
Greatest GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bobby Locke
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Fowler built a career as a starting pitcher and Bobby Locke as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bobby Locke posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.02 and WHIP 1.483 compared to 4.11 and 1.493 for Dick Fowler. By the career numbers, Bobby Locke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Fowler and Bobby Locke

Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
1.53
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.56
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.17
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.5
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.46
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.35
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.55
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.32
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.52
45.52
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.61
51.61
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.94
13.94
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.52
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.22
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
595
4.11
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
4.02
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3909
27
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1250
27
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1303
9
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
416.2
9
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1367
9.44
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
9.33
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.33
9.33
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.66
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.86
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
578
3.99
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.56
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.45
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
2.64
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.19
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.737
0.737
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.862
0.862
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.13
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.19
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5680
39.23
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1817
39.25
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.25
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.3
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
685
4.73
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.51
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.493
1.493
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.433
1.433
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5083
35.11
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1643
35.49
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.23
39.23
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.25
39.25

Fielding Stats for Dick Fowler and Bobby Locke

Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.56
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.5
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1250
27
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416.2
9
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.84
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.79
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.72
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.64
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.62
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.83
96.83
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.285
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.739
0.739
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.94
13.94
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.13
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Fowler and Bobby Locke

Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
270.12
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
168
892.04
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
600
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
113
600
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
472
564.14
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
98
520.35
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.454
0.454
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.659
0.659
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
105.18
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
132.74
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
90.84
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
116.81
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.95
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.2
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.31
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
14.34
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.93
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.52
22.13
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9.68
51.38
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
123.11
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
159.29
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
124.3
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
180.53
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.431
0.431
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.624
0.624
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.527
0.527
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
26.29
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
63.72
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
38.25
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
63.72
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
63.35
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
122.12
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.23
18.21
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11.45
60.81
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
17.93
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.79
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
82.47
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
116.81
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.28
7.28
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
5.14
5.14
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
16.73
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
15
17.93
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.31
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PA