Bill Bolden vs. Joe Kohlman — Career Comparison

Bill Bolden
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Kohlman
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Bolden built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Kohlman as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Bolden posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.25 and WHIP 1.750 compared to 5.27 and 1.500 for Joe Kohlman. By the career numbers, Bill Bolden had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Bolden and Joe Kohlman

Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.25
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.96
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.25
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
5.27
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
12.75
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
8.89
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.75
12.75
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.89
8.89
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
4.61
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
2.63
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
0.667
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.805
0.805
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
42
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
38.85
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.25
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
5.6
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
38.25
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
34.24
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.362
0.362
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
42
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Bill Bolden and Joe Kohlman

Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.333
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Bolden and Joe Kohlman

Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
675
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
600
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
600
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
8.38
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
82.59
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.14
-10.38
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA