Harry Boyles vs. Bert Cole — Career Comparison

Harry Boyles
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bert Cole
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bert Cole built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Boyles 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 5.79 and 2.020 for Harry Boyles. By the career numbers, Bert Cole had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Boyles and Bert Cole

Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3.03
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
2.63
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.68
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.42
Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.1
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.48
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.18
18.18
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.99
25.99
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.27
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
5.79
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
4.67
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
27
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1817
27
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.2
9
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605.2
9
Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
9.64
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
735
10.92
Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.64
9.64
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.39
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
8.54
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.42
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
5.23
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
1.77
Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.77
1.77
Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.531
1.531
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.576
0.576
Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.28
Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
45.73
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2742
40.75
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.48
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
1.23
Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
8.54
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
5.84
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.84
5.84
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.02
2.02
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.593
1.593
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
36.64
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2493
37.05
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.73
45.73
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.75
40.75

Fielding Stats for Harry Boyles and Bert Cole

Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.67
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.182
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.133
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Boyles and Bert Cole

Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
733.33
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
536.28
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
600
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
544.25
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.618
0.618
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
130.09
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
108.85
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.96
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.62
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.24
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
6.61
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.43
48.93
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
167.26
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
164.6
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
76.99
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.79
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
122.12
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.25
-16.76
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.14
56.11
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
29.2
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
200
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
95.58
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.28
6.28
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.24
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50