Ken Rowe vs. Fay Thomas — Career Comparison

Ken Rowe
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fay Thomas
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fay Thomas built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Rowe as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Rowe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.57 and WHIP 1.610 compared to 4.95 and 1.755 for Fay Thomas. By the career numbers, Ken Rowe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Rowe and Fay Thomas

Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.16
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
3.18
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.9
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.4
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.79
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.4
28.4
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.57
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
4.95
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
27
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
687
27
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.1
9
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
9
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
10.92
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
10.57
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.57
10.57
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.6
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.63
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.78
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
5.23
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.79
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
3.77
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
4.4
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.728
0.728
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.79
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.47
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.2
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
41.1
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1059
41.62
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.79
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
1.14
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
6.15
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.05
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.05
6.05
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.522
1.522
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.756
1.756
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
38.12
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
921
36.2
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.1
41.1
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.62
41.62

Fielding Stats for Ken Rowe and Fay Thomas

Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.16
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
27
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.1
9
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.59
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.99
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.78
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.79
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.65
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.346
0.346
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.728
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Rowe and Fay Thomas

Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
2600
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
759.38
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
600
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
525
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.352
0.352
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
56.25
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
46.88
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
14.97
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.13
10.56
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
65.63
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
84.38
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
28.13
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
28.13
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
5.56
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-5.12
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
28.13
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
271.88
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.21
2.21
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
46.88
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA