Jim Brown vs. Bert Cole — Career Comparison

Jim Brown
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaAltoona Mountain CityUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Bert Cole
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bert Cole built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Brown 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 4.74 and 1.743 for Jim Brown. By the career numbers, Bert Cole had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Brown and Bert Cole

Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.34
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.63
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.34
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.68
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.42
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.06
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.48
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.99
25.99
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.92
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.27
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
4.74
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
4.67
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
382
27
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1817
27
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
127.1
9
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605.2
9
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
11.38
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
735
10.92
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.38
11.38
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.92
10.92
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.39
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
4.31
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.42
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
4.59
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
1.77
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.77
1.77
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.576
0.576
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.06
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.28
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
43.61
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2742
40.75
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.23
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.05
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
5.84
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.05
9.05
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.84
5.84
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.744
1.744
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.593
1.593
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
39.3
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2493
37.05
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.61
43.61
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.75
40.75

Fielding Stats for Jim Brown and Bert Cole

Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.23
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
771
27
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
9
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.16
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.23
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.84
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
3.22
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.38
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.91
73.91
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.943
1.943
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.133
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Brown and Bert Cole

Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
29
155.36
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
536.28
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
112
600
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
600
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
589.29
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
544.25
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.618
0.618
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
144.64
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
130.09
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
18
96.43
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
108.85
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.14
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.96
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.71
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
10.62
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.36
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.65
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
48.21
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
8
21.24
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10.21
54.71
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.43
48.93
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
214.29
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
167.26
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
29
155.36
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
164.6
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.307
0.307
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.623
0.623
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.592
0.592
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.506
0.506
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.49
0.49
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
91.07
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
76.99
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.79
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
16
85.71
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
122.12
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11.16
59.76
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.14
56.11
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.71
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
29.2
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.36
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
36
95.58
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
112
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
6.28
6.28
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.24
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50