Tommy Bridges vs. Dennis Cook — Career Comparison

Tommy Bridges
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Dennis Cook
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tommy Bridges built a career as a starting pitcher and Dennis Cook as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tommy Bridges posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.57 and WHIP 1.368 compared to 3.91 and 1.373 for Dennis Cook. By the career numbers, Tommy Bridges had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tommy Bridges and Dennis Cook

Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
1.35
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
5.92
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
1.15
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.63
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.62
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.57
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
0.44
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.41
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.43
58.43
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.18
58.18
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.38
85.38
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.68
10.68
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.64
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.11
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1122
3.57
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
440
3.91
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8479
27
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
3035
27
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2826.1
9
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
1011.2
9
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
2675
8.52
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
950
8.45
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.52
8.52
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
0.58
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
1.16
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
1192
3.8
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
3.47
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.44
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1674
5.33
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
6.57
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.57
6.57
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.014
1.014
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.116
1.116
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.19
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.2
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.11
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.28
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.03
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.14
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12165
38.74
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
4298
38.24
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.15
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
1.03
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1321
4.21
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
4.32
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.33
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.34
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.57
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.368
1.368
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.325
1.325
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10938
34.83
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
3802
33.82
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.74
38.74
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.24
38.24

Fielding Stats for Tommy Bridges and Dennis Cook

Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
5.92
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.63
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3035
27
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1011.2
9
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.36
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
1.03
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
637
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
1.47
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
613
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
1.39
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.55
94.55
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.446
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.68
10.68
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tommy Bridges and Dennis Cook

Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
424
222.77
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
669
3290.16
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1142
600
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
122
600
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1003
526.97
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
540.98
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.509
0.509
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
181
95.1
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
142.62
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
76.71
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
118.03
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
14.19
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.84
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
4.2
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.92
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.84
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
18.39
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.59
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
28.9
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10.22
50.24
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
224
117.69
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
191.8
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
255
133.98
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
157.38
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.043
0.043
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
0.36
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
43.61
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
73.77
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
37.83
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
44.26
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
81.44
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
108.2
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54.58
28.68
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11.72
57.65
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
38.88
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
3
14.75
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
271
142.38
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
63.93
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
4.21
4.21
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.38
9.38
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
34.15
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
44.26
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.15
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
14.75
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA