Bobby Sprowl vs. Zack Wheeler — Career Comparison

Bobby Sprowl
Baby BoomersOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Zack Wheeler
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

Zack Wheeler built a career as a starting pitcher and Bobby Sprowl as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Zack Wheeler posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.28 and WHIP 1.145 compared to 5.44 and 1.770 for Bobby Sprowl. By the career numbers, Zack Wheeler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bobby Sprowl and Zack Wheeler

Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
4.27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.47
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.78
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.59
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.58
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.11
60.11
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.18
18.18
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
5.44
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
3.28
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.1
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
10.49
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1475
7.68
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.49
10.49
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.68
7.68
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.78
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
0.86
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
5.24
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
2.55
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
6.6
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1820
9.48
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.6
6.6
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.317
1.317
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.58
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.4
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
41.96
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7086
36.9
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.78
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
5.83
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
3.56
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.17
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.19
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.58
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.66
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.748
1.748
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
35.94
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6451
33.59
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.96
41.96
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.9
36.9

Fielding Stats for Bobby Sprowl and Zack Wheeler

Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
4.27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.47
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.78
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.1
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.61
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.78
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.89
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.17
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.56
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.17
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.5
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.66
96.66
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.021
1.021
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.18
18.18
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.09
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bobby Sprowl and Zack Wheeler

Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
2200
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
534.98
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
323
600
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
534.98
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
81.73
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
63.16
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
16.72
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.58
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
14.97
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.82
18.24
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.02
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
94.74
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
24.15
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
33.44
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
55.73
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
6.7
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.48
8.33
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.29
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
128
237.77
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
2.52
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
50.15
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.72
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA