Darrell May vs. Mike Rowland — Career Comparison

Darrell May
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Rowland
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Darrell May built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Rowland as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Rowland posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.74 and WHIP 1.195 compared to 5.16 and 1.467 for Darrell May. By the career numbers, Mike Rowland had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Darrell May and Mike Rowland

Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
2.19
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
5.91
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.32
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.35
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.59
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.42
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.68
37.68
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.25
60.25
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
379
5.16
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.74
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982
27
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
27
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
660.2
9
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.2
9
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
746
10.16
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
6.96
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.16
10.16
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.96
6.96
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
1.68
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.63
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
2.89
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
2.95
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.15
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.84
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
5.64
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
3.38
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.64
5.64
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.948
0.948
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.15
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.42
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2896
39.45
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
36.91
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.31
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.59
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
5.6
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.16
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.18
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.84
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.4
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.42
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.63
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.102
1.102
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2636
35.91
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
32.27
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.224
0.224
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.45
39.45
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.91
36.91

Fielding Stats for Darrell May and Mike Rowland

Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
2.19
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
5.91
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.32
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982
27
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
27
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
660.2
9
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.2
9
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.48
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.42
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.82
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.27
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
1.36
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.69
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
1.29
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.69
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
95
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.25
60.25
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darrell May and Mike Rowland

Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
161
3331.03
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
16800
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
600
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
537.93
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
4.49
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
62.07
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PA
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.99
-20.58
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
423.33
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
13
268.97
Mike Rowland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.23
2.23
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PA
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PA
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Rowland
Career
Per 600 PA