Dick Fowler vs. Dale Williams — Career Comparison

Dick Fowler
Greatest GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dale Williams
Pre-GenerationalKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Fowler built a career as a starting pitcher and Dale 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 4.23 and 1.530 for Dale 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 Dale Williams

Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
1.53
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.98
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.17
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.98
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.46
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.55
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.87
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.52
45.52
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.92
76.92
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.52
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.98
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
4.11
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
4.23
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.339
0.339
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3909
27
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
27
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1303
9
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
9
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1367
9.44
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
13.34
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.34
13.34
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.66
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
578
3.99
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.43
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.64
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.98
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.737
0.737
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.157
0.157
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.54
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.13
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5680
39.23
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
367
39.8
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.25
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
685
4.73
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
8.13
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.13
8.13
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.493
1.493
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5083
35.11
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
39.36
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.33
8.33
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.23
39.23
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.8
39.8

Fielding Stats for Dick Fowler and Dale Williams

Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.98
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
27
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
9
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.08
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.87
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.95
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.95
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.62
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.285
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Fowler and Dale Williams

Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
226
270.12
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
9
154.29
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
600
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
35
600
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
472
564.14
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
600
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.454
0.454
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
105.18
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
120
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
90.84
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
120
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.95
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
14.34
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.52
22.13
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1.26
21.64
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
123.11
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
7
120
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
124.3
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
7
120
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
26.29
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
38.25
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
63.35
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
34.29
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.23
18.21
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.31
22.54
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
17.93
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
69
82.47
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
7.28
7.28
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.75
8.75
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
16.73
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
15
17.93
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA