Theodore Breitenstein vs. Bert Cole — Career Comparison

Theodore Breitenstein
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bert Cole
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bert Cole built a career as a starting pitcher and Theodore Breitenstein as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Theodore Breitenstein posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.03 and WHIP 1.449 compared to 4.67 and 1.593 for Bert Cole. By the career numbers, Theodore Breitenstein had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Theodore Breitenstein and Bert Cole

Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
380
1.15
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.63
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
1.04
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.68
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
0.48
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.42
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
0.51
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.48
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.48
48.48
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.99
25.99
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
301
0.91
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.27
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1331
4.03
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
4.67
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8920
27
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1817
27
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2973.1
9
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
605.2
9
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3101
9.39
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
735
10.92
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.39
9.39
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.24
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.39
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
1207
3.65
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.42
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
893
2.7
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
1.77
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.77
1.77
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.706
0.706
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.576
0.576
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.13
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.26
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.28
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13010
39.38
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2742
40.75
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.1
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.23
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1848
5.59
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
5.84
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.59
5.59
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.449
1.449
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.593
1.593
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11716
35.46
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2493
37.05
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.38
39.38
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.75
40.75

Fielding Stats for Theodore Breitenstein and Bert Cole

Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
1.19
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10098
27
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3366
9
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
0.88
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.87
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.18
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1096
2.93
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
212
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1028
2.75
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.8
93.8
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.133
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.07
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Theodore Breitenstein and Bert Cole

Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
448
174.77
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
202
536.28
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1538
600
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
226
600
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1350
526.66
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
205
544.25
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.612
0.612
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.618
0.618
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
113.52
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
130.09
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
245
95.58
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
108.85
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
10.53
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.96
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
5.85
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.62
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
1.56
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
17.95
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.24
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
124.57
48.6
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18.43
48.93
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
360
140.44
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
167.26
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
447
174.38
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
62
164.6
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.564
0.564
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.49
0.49
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
174
67.88
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
76.99
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126
49.15
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
18
47.79
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
296
115.47
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
122.12
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139.31
54.35
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21.14
56.11
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
2.34
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
58.52
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
11
29.2
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
56.57
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
95.58
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.61
10.61
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
6.28
6.28
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.03
1.03
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
12.48
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.24
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
11.7
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.65
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
11.7
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.31
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50