Bill Rotes vs. Schoolboy Rowe — Career Comparison

Bill Rotes
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Schoolboy Rowe
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Schoolboy Rowe built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Rotes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Schoolboy Rowe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.87 and WHIP 1.302 compared to 7.6 and 2.044 for Bill Rotes. By the career numbers, Schoolboy Rowe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Rotes and Schoolboy Rowe

Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.19
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
1.55
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.13
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
278
1.13
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
0.64
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.71
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.41
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.41
29.41
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
61
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.77
72.77
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.01
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
0.56
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.09
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
7.6
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
955
3.87
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.6
7.6
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.82
7.82
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
27
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6658
27
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
151.2
9
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2219.1
9
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
14.48
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
9.46
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.46
9.46
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.54
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
3.92
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
2.26
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.31
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
913
3.7
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.663
0.663
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.09
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.11
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
769
45.63
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9398
38.11
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.3
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
10.27
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1075
4.36
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.27
10.27
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.044
2.044
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.302
1.302
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
693
41.12
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8813
35.74
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.65
8.65
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.354
0.354
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.63
45.63
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.11
38.11

Fielding Stats for Bill Rotes and Schoolboy Rowe

Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.18
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
27
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
9
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.54
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
421
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.01
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
532
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.72
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
518
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.29
85.29
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.37
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.356
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Rotes and Schoolboy Rowe

Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
20
153.85
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
491
288.26
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
78
600
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1022
600
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
70
538.46
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
909
533.66
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.449
0.449
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.728
0.728
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
9
69.23
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
239
140.31
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
6
46.15
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
176
103.33
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.69
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
21.14
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.38
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
5.28
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
10.57
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
23.08
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
36.99
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
3.62
27.84
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115.65
67.9
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
14
107.69
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
347
203.72
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
17
130.77
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
327
191.98
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.418
0.418
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
6
46.15
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
68.1
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
7
53.85
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
89.82
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
13
100
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
147.36
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
20.53
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124.87
73.31
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.17
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
61.54
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
50.49
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
200
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
157
92.17
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.51
6.51
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
0.55
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
14.68
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
12
7.05
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.76
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.17
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.94
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60