Dick Matthews vs. Sam McDowell — Career Comparison

Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher
Sam McDowell
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Dick Matthews posted a stronger line than Sam McDowell. Dick Matthews posted stronger numbers in ERA (1.6 vs 3.17) and WHIP (0.950 vs 1.338). By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Dick Matthews and Sam McDowell

Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
425
1.53
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.12
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
346
1.25
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
0.51
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.48
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.27
51.27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.41
81.41
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
0.37
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.08
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
879
3.17
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.213
0.213
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7477
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2492.1
9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1948
7.03
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.03
7.03
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
0.59
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1312
4.74
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
4.79
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2453
8.86
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.86
8.86
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.77
5.77
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.511
1.511
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.51
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.21
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10587
38.23
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.14
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
999
3.61
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.14
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.08
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.308
1.308
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9156
33.06
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.23
38.23

Fielding Stats for Dick Matthews and Sam McDowell

Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
1.54
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.12
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
346
1.25
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7480
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2493.1
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.29
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.18
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.12
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
441
1.59
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
1.47
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.52
92.52
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.956
0.956
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.03
81.03
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.08
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Matthews and Sam McDowell

Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
429
302.47
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
851
600
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
39
520
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
774
545.71
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
119
83.9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
108
76.15
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.94
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.41
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.41
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
7.76
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
32.74
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22.45
15.83
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
120
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
95.89
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
146.67
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
95.89
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.67
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
23.97
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
25.38
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
47.94
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
38.51
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.65
6.81
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.71
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
11.28
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
306
215.75
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
2.78
2.78
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
39.48
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.82
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
6
4.23
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.71
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.71
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0