Dick Fowler vs. Bill Otey — Career Comparison

Dick Fowler
Greatest GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Otey
Lost GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Fowler built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Otey 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 5.01 and 1.550 for Bill Otey. 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 Bill Otey

Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
1.53
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.15
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.17
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.45
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.46
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.55
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.45
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.52
45.52
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.83
20.83
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.52
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
4.11
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.01
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3909
27
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
27
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1303
9
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
100.2
9
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1367
9.44
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
11.71
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.71
11.71
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.66
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.36
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
578
3.99
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.24
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
2.64
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.95
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.737
0.737
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.576
0.576
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.45
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.13
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.45
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5680
39.23
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
39.25
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.25
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.16
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
685
4.73
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
6.44
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.493
1.493
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5083
35.11
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
36.57
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.341
0.341
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.23
39.23
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.25
39.25

Fielding Stats for Dick Fowler and Bill Otey

Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
4.24
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.53
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
27
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
9
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.06
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
4.76
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.06
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
6.88
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
5.82
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.62
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.285
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.375
1.375
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.5
12.5
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Fowler and Bill Otey

Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
270.12
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
400
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
600
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
472
564.14
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
566.67
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.454
0.454
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
105.18
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
116.67
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
90.84
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
100
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.95
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.2
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
14.34
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.52
22.13
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
34.3
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
123.11
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
150
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
124.3
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
133.33
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.431
0.431
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
26.29
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
66.67
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
38.25
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
63.35
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.23
18.21
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.23
37.19
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.2
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
17.93
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
82.47
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
183.33
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.28
7.28
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
3.27
3.27
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
16.73
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
15
17.93
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA