Dick Fowler vs. Lou Lombardo — Career Comparison

Dick Fowler
Greatest GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lou Lombardo
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Fowler built a career as a starting pitcher and Lou Lombardo 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 6.75 and 1.875 for Lou Lombardo. 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 Lou Lombardo

Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
1.53
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.17
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.46
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.55
Lou Lombardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.52
45.52
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.52
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
4.11
Lou Lombardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.27
7.27
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Lou Lombardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3909
27
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1303
9
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1367
9.44
Lou Lombardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
8.44
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Lou Lombardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.44
8.44
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.66
Lou Lombardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
578
3.99
Lou Lombardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
8.44
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.64
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.737
0.737
Lou Lombardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.938
0.938
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Lou Lombardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.13
Lou Lombardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Lou Lombardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5680
39.23
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
45.56
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.25
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
685
4.73
Lou Lombardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.493
1.493
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.875
1.875
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5083
35.11
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
35.44
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Lou Lombardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Lou Lombardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.23
39.23
Lou Lombardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.56
45.56

Fielding Stats for Dick Fowler and Lou Lombardo

Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Lou Lombardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.62
Lou Lombardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.285
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Fowler and Lou Lombardo

Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
270.12
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
600
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
472
564.14
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.454
0.454
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
105.18
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
90.84
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.95
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
14.34
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.52
22.13
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
123.11
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
124.3
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
26.29
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
38.25
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
63.35
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.23
18.21
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
17.93
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
69
82.47
Lou Lombardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.28
7.28
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
16.73
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
15
17.93
Lou Lombardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lombardo
Career
Per 600 PA