Loren Bain vs. Bert Cole — Career Comparison

Loren Bain
Greatest GenerationMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bert Cole
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bert Cole built a career as a starting pitcher and Loren Bain as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bert Cole posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.67 and WHIP 1.593 compared to 7.88 and 1.750 for Loren Bain. By the career numbers, Bert Cole had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Loren Bain and Bert Cole

Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.38
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
2.63
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.68
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.42
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.48
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.99
25.99
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.27
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.88
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
4.67
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.73
6.73
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1817
27
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605.2
9
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
11.25
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
735
10.92
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.92
10.92
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.39
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.5
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.42
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.77
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.77
1.77
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.625
0.625
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.576
0.576
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.28
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
42.75
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2742
40.75
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.23
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.88
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
5.84
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.84
5.84
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.593
1.593
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
37.13
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2493
37.05
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.75
42.75
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.75
40.75

Fielding Stats for Loren Bain and Bert Cole

Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.133
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Loren Bain and Bert Cole

Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
536.28
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
600
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
544.25
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.618
0.618
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
130.09
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
108.85
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.96
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.62
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.24
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.43
48.93
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
167.26
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
164.6
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.307
0.307
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.592
0.592
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.49
0.49
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
76.99
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.79
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
122.12
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
82.59
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.14
56.11
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
29.2
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
36
95.58
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.28
6.28
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.24
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50