Dick Fowler vs. Fred Wenz — Career Comparison

Dick Fowler
Greatest GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fred Wenz
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Fowler built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Wenz 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 4.68 and 1.512 for Fred Wenz. 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 Fred Wenz

Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
1.53
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
6.59
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.17
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.46
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.64
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.55
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.52
45.52
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.52
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
4.11
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
4.68
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3909
27
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
27
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1303
9
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.1
9
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1367
9.44
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
7.65
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.65
7.65
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.66
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
1.91
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.91
1.91
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
578
3.99
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
5.31
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.64
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
2.64
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
8.08
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.737
0.737
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.488
1.488
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.64
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.13
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5680
39.23
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
39.97
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.25
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.76
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
685
4.73
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
4.89
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.64
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.493
1.493
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.441
1.441
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5083
35.11
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
33.38
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.23
39.23
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.97
39.97

Fielding Stats for Dick Fowler and Fred Wenz

Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
6.64
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
27
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
9
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.86
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.86
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.62
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.285
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.129
0.129
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Fowler and Fred Wenz

Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
270.12
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
3100
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
600
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
472
564.14
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.454
0.454
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
105.18
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
90.84
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.95
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
14.34
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.52
22.13
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
2.15
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
123.11
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
124.3
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
26.29
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
38.25
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
63.35
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.23
18.21
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.24
-24.1
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
17.93
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
82.47
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
500
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.28
7.28
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
1.2
1.2
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
16.73
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
15
17.93
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA