Dick Fowler vs. Matt White — Career Comparison

Dick Fowler
Greatest GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt White
Gen XMassachusettsThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Fowler built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt White 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 16.76 and 2.586 for Matt White. 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 Matt White

Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
1.53
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
6.52
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.17
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.93
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.46
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.55
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.86
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.52
45.52
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.52
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
4.11
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
16.76
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.76
16.76
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.76
13.76
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.21
9.21
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.405
0.405
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3909
27
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
27
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1303
9
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1367
9.44
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
15.83
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.83
15.83
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.66
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.79
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
578
3.99
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
7.45
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.45
7.45
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
2.64
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.79
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.737
0.737
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.93
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.13
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.93
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5680
39.23
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
49.34
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.25
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.79
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
685
4.73
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
16.76
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.76
16.76
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.86
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.93
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.493
1.493
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.586
2.586
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5083
35.11
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
39.1
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.389
0.389
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.23
39.23
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.34
49.34

Fielding Stats for Dick Fowler and Matt White

Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
6.52
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.93
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
27
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.2
9
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.93
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.93
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.93
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.62
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.285
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.143
0.143
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.29
14.29
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Fowler and Matt White

Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
270.12
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
4200
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
600
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
472
564.14
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.454
0.454
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
105.18
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
90.84
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.95
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
14.34
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.52
22.13
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
123.11
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
124.3
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
26.29
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
38.25
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
63.35
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.23
18.21
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
17.93
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
69
82.47
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.28
7.28
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
16.73
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
15
17.93
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA