Dick Fowler vs. Brian Williams — Career Comparison

Dick Fowler
Greatest GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brian Williams
Gen XSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Fowler built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Williams 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 5.37 and 1.691 for Brian Williams. 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 Brian Williams

Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
1.53
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
3.87
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.17
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.89
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.46
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.39
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.55
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.57
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.52
45.52
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.63
40.62
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.05
23.05
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.52
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
4.11
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
5.37
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3909
27
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1786
27
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1303
9
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
595.1
9
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1367
9.44
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
655
9.9
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.66
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.94
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
578
3.99
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
332
5.02
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.3
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
382
2.64
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
6
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.737
0.737
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.62
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.13
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.48
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5680
39.23
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2735
41.35
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.25
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.01
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
685
4.73
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
401
6.06
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.59
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.38
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.88
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.493
1.493
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.658
1.658
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5083
35.11
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2307
34.88
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.23
39.23
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.35
41.35

Fielding Stats for Dick Fowler and Brian Williams

Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
3.87
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.89
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1786
27
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
595.1
9
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.67
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.33
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.14
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
2.13
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
2
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.62
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.62
93.62
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.285
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.516
0.516
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.05
23.05
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Fowler and Brian Williams

Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
226
270.12
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
1544.55
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
600
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
101
600
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
472
564.14
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
85
504.95
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.454
0.454
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
105.18
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
15
89.11
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
90.84
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
11
65.35
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
11.95
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.76
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
14.34
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.76
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.52
22.13
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
3.08
18.32
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
123.11
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
19
112.87
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
124.3
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
15
89.11
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.398
0.398
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
26.29
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
29.7
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
38.25
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
53.47
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
63.35
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
83.17
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.23
18.21
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2.28
13.54
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
17.93
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
82.47
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
154.46
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.28
7.28
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
3.88
3.88
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
14
16.73
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
89.11
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.94
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
15
17.93
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.94
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA