Ken Rowe vs. Mark Thompson — Career Comparison

Ken Rowe
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mark Thompson
Gen XKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mark Thompson 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 5.74 and 1.688 for Mark Thompson. 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 Mark Thompson

Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.16
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
2.51
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.39
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.48
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.64
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.32
55.32
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.57
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
5.74
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
27
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1011
27
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.1
9
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
337
9
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
10.92
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
404
10.79
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.79
10.79
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.6
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.47
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.78
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
4.3
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.79
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
3.77
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
5.29
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.29
5.29
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.728
0.728
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.79
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.77
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
41.1
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1560
41.66
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.79
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.24
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
6.15
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
6.46
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.15
6.15
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.46
6.46
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.61
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.32
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.04
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.522
1.522
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.677
1.677
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
38.12
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1335
35.65
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.323
0.323
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.1
41.1
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.66
41.66

Fielding Stats for Ken Rowe and Mark Thompson

Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.16
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
2.51
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.39
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
27
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1011
27
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.1
9
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
337
9
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.72
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.59
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
1.23
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.99
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.78
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
2.08
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.79
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.95
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.29
64.29
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.59
93.59
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.777
0.777
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.32
55.32
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Rowe and Mark Thompson

Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
2600
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
490.43
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
600
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
542.61
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.439
0.439
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
83.48
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
57.39
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
20.87
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.22
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.09
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
14.97
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.02
20.96
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
120
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
88.7
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.383
0.383
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
36.52
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
15.65
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
46.96
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
5.56
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.61
8.41
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.22
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
245.22
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.45
2.45
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
52.17
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.22
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA