Fritz Ackley vs. Mike Couchee — Career Comparison

Fritz Ackley
Silent GenerationWisconsinThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Couchee
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fritz Ackley built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Couchee as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fritz Ackley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.19 and WHIP 1.448 compared to 5.14 and 1.357 for Mike Couchee. By the career numbers, Fritz Ackley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fritz Ackley and Mike Couchee

Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.33
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.86
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.47
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
4.19
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.233
0.233
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19.1
9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
7.91
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.91
7.91
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.86
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
5.12
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.86
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
7.91
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.21
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.448
1.448
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
39.1
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
40.5
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.66
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.448
1.448
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
33.98
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
36
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.1
39.1
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Fritz Ackley and Mike Couchee

Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.33
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.86
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19.1
9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.79
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.79
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.79
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fritz Ackley and Mike Couchee

Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
5
428.57
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
2400
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
600
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.929
0.929
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
171.43
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.38
118.33
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.929
0.929
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.26
108.42
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
1.75
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA