Jamie Arnold vs. Tex Covington — Career Comparison

Jamie Arnold
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tex Covington
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tex Covington built a career as a starting pitcher and Jamie Arnold as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tex Covington posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.1 and WHIP 1.463 compared to 5.73 and 1.652 for Jamie Arnold. By the career numbers, Tex Covington had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jamie Arnold and Tex Covington

Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
4.15
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.9
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.58
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.92
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.61
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.58
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.31
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.39
48.39
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
5.73
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
4.1
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
27
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
441
27
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
108.1
9
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
9
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
9.89
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
9.31
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.89
9.89
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.31
9.31
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.58
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.82
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.86
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.49
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
2.94
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.55
1.55
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.923
0.923
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.755
0.755
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.42
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.83
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.8
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
494
41.04
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
38.08
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.91
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
6.73
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.65
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.73
6.73
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.74
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.634
1.634
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.463
1.463
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
34.64
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
546
33.43
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.62
1.62
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.04
41.04
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Jamie Arnold and Tex Covington

Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
4.15
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.58
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108.1
9
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.42
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.83
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.41
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.24
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.1
93.1
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.258
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.42
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jamie Arnold and Tex Covington

Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
1428.57
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
31
357.69
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
600
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
542.86
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
542.31
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.452
0.452
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
92.31
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.85
24.16
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.47
28.45
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
103.85
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
150
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.411
0.411
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.359
0.359
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
17.01
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
28.9
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
171.43
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
126.92
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
3.5
3.5
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.73
4.73
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA