Ken Rowe vs. John Thomson — Career Comparison

Ken Rowe
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
John Thomson
Gen XMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

John Thomson 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 4.68 and 1.411 for John Thomson. 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 John Thomson

Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.16
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
1.53
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
1.5
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.6
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.57
42.57
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.15
98.15
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.57
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
661
4.68
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
27
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3811
27
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.1
9
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1270.1
9
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
10.92
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1398
9.9
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.6
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
1.09
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
2.78
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
2.61
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.79
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.18
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
3.77
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
800
5.67
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.728
0.728
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.79
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.16
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.2
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
41.1
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5470
38.75
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.79
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
6.15
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
5.2
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.2
5.2
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.33
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.86
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.391
1.391
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
38.12
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4968
35.2
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.1
41.1
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Ken Rowe and John Thomson

Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.16
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
1.53
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
1.5
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
27
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3811
27
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.1
9
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1270.1
9
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.8
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.59
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
1.32
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.99
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.78
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
307
2.18
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.79
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.13
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.29
64.29
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.72
97.72
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.389
1.389
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.15
98.15
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Thomson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Rowe and John Thomson

Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
2600
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
216
340.16
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
381
600
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
318
500.79
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
99.21
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
88.19
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
9.45
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
11.02
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
14.97
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.07
23.73
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
111.81
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
118.11
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.335
0.335
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
31.5
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
34.65
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
66.14
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
5.56
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.15
25.43
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
18.9
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
133
209.45
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.86
2.86
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
75.59
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.72
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.72
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Thomson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
John Thomson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0