Bill Ayers vs. Mike Cosgrove — Career Comparison

Bill Ayers
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Cosgrove
Baby BoomersArizonaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Ayers 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 8.15 and 1.698 for Bill Ayers. By the career numbers, Mike Cosgrove had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Ayers and Mike Cosgrove

Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.31
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
3.9
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.02
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.66
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.39
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.76
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.36
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.17
52.17
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.81
16.81
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.26
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
8.15
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
4.03
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.15
8.15
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
27
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
824
27
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.1
9
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274.2
9
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
11.72
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
8.88
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.72
11.72
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.88
8.88
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.78
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.43
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.57
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
4.75
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
5.6
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
4
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.6
5.6
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.019
1.019
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.972
0.972
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.76
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.52
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
41.01
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1207
39.55
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.51
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.18
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
8.92
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
4.33
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.92
8.92
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.62
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.49
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.08
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.698
1.698
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.515
1.515
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
37.19
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1025
33.59
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.01
41.01
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.55
39.55

Fielding Stats for Bill Ayers and Mike Cosgrove

Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
3.89
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.65
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
826
27
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275.1
9
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.16
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.27
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.5
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.44
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.769
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16.81
16.81
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.16
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Ayers and Mike Cosgrove

Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
13
780
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
1020
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
600
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
8
480
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
480
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
42.86
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
34.29
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
42.58
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.85
7.25
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
51.43
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
77.14
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.018
0.018
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
25.71
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.77
45.94
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.92
-7.91
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
34.29
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
180
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
120
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
3.33
3.33
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
85.71
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA