Fred Archer vs. Mike Cosgrove — Career Comparison

Fred Archer
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Cosgrove
Baby BoomersArizonaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Archer built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Cosgrove as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Cosgrove posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.03 and WHIP 1.544 compared to 6.35 and 1.513 for Fred Archer. By the career numbers, Mike Cosgrove had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Archer and Mike Cosgrove

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.59
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
3.9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.13
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.66
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.39
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.36
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.17
52.17
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.81
16.81
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.26
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
4.03
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
824
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274.2
9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.21
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
8.88
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.88
8.88
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.43
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.4
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
4.75
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.5
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
4
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.972
0.972
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.52
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
40.16
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1207
39.55
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.18
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.81
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
4.33
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.62
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.49
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.08
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.513
1.513
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.515
1.515
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
36.08
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1025
33.59
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.55
39.55

Fielding Stats for Fred Archer and Mike Cosgrove

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
3.89
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.65
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
826
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275.1
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.16
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.27
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.44
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16.81
16.81
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.16
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Archer and Mike Cosgrove

Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
1020
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
600
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
529.41
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
480
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
42.86
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
4
34.29
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.57
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.57
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
53.73
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.85
7.25
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
51.43
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
77.14
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
17.14
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
25.71
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
69.53
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.92
-7.91
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
34.29
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
14
120
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
85.71
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA