Bobby Sprowl vs. Alex Wood — Career Comparison

Bobby Sprowl
Baby BoomersOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Alex Wood
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Alex Wood 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. Alex Wood posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.78 and WHIP 1.277 compared to 5.44 and 1.770 for Bobby Sprowl. By the career numbers, Alex Wood had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bobby Sprowl and Alex Wood

Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
4.27
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
278
1.99
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.78
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.51
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.55
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.58
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.49
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.1
53.1
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.18
18.18
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.9
75.9
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
5.44
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
529
3.78
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
27
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3774
27
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.1
9
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258
9
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
10.49
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1211
8.66
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.49
10.49
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.78
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
0.91
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
5.24
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
2.68
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
6.6
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
8.39
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.6
6.6
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.39
8.39
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.317
1.317
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.58
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.27
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.52
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
41.96
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5301
37.92
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.78
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
5.83
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
4.14
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.31
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.24
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.58
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
0.86
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.748
1.748
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
35.94
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4778
34.18
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.96
41.96
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Bobby Sprowl and Alex Wood

Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
4.27
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
278
1.99
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.78
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.51
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
27
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3774
27
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.1
9
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258
9
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.39
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.27
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.78
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
1.1
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.09
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.17
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
1.47
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.17
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.37
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.66
93.66
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.691
0.691
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.18
18.18
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.9
75.9
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bobby Sprowl and Alex Wood

Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
2200
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
518.27
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
323
600
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
276
512.69
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
42.72
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
39.01
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
14.97
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.9
5.39
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
46.44
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
68.73
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
14.86
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
22.29
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
37.15
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
6.7
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
-9.18
-17.06
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
26.01
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
171
317.65
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
1.89
1.89
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
61.3
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Sprowl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.57
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Bobby Sprowl
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50