Dick Fowler vs. Tony Watson — Career Comparison

Dick Fowler
Greatest GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tony Watson
MillenialIowaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Dick Fowler built a career as a starting pitcher and Tony Watson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tony Watson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.9 and WHIP 1.114 compared to 4.11 and 1.493 for Dick Fowler. By the career numbers, Tony Watson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Fowler and Tony Watson

Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
1.53
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
9.56
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.17
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.46
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.65
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.55
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.4
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.52
45.52
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.84
61.84
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.52
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.44
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
595
4.11
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.9
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3909
27
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1945
27
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1303
9
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
648.1
9
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1367
9.44
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
7.33
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.33
7.33
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.66
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.87
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
578
3.99
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
2.42
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.28
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
382
2.64
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
570
7.91
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.737
0.737
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.148
1.148
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.13
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.46
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5680
39.23
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2620
36.37
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.25
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
1.51
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
685
4.73
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
3.08
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.37
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.25
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.87
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.493
1.493
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.083
1.083
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5083
35.11
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2368
32.87
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.23
39.23
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.37
36.37

Fielding Stats for Dick Fowler and Tony Watson

Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
9.56
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1945
27
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
648.1
9
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.56
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
1.37
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
2.03
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.93
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.62
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.21
95.21
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.285
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Fowler and Tony Watson

Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
226
270.12
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
689
37581.82
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
600
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
472
564.14
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
436.36
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.454
0.454
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
105.18
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
90.84
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.95
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
14.34
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.52
22.13
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
6.09
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
123.11
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
124.3
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
26.29
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
38.25
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
63.35
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.23
18.21
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.09
-4.89
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
17.93
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
82.47
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
381.82
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.28
7.28
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.57
1.57
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
16.73
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
15
17.93
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA