Dallas Braden vs. Mike Cosgrove — Career Comparison

Dallas Braden
MillenialArizonaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Cosgrove
Baby BoomersArizonaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dallas Braden 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. Dallas Braden led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 130 vs 79), run prevention (ERA+ 119 vs 98), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 115 vs 98). Mike Cosgrove held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 216 vs 159). Role difference aside, Dallas Braden holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Dallas Braden and Mike Cosgrove

Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.72
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
3.9
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.45
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.66
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.48
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.39
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.66
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.36
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.94
41.94
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.17
52.17
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.04
84.04
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.81
16.81
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.26
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
227
4.16
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
4.03
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1474
27
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
824
27
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491.1
9
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
274.2
9
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
510
9.34
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
8.88
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.34
9.34
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.88
8.88
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.82
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.43
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
2.58
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
4.75
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
5.59
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
4
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.59
5.59
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.908
0.908
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.972
0.972
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.16
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.52
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.2
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2076
38.03
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1207
39.55
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.15
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.18
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
4.54
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
4.33
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.27
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.62
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.18
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.49
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.71
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.08
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.325
1.325
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.515
1.515
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1899
34.78
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1025
33.59
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.55
39.55

Fielding Stats for Dallas Braden and Mike Cosgrove

Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.72
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
3.89
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.45
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.65
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1474
27
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
826
27
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491.1
9
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
275.1
9
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.44
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.16
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.3
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1.27
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.87
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.5
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.74
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.44
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.14
93.14
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.011
1.011
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.04
84.04
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.81
16.81
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.16
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dallas Braden and Mike Cosgrove

Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
9400
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
119
1020
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
600
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
4
400
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
480
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.86
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
34.29
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.57
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.57
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.85
7.25
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
51.43
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
77.14
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.57
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.71
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.36
-35.89
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.92
-7.91
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
34.29
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
120
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
85.71
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA