Ike Butler vs. Bert Cole — Career Comparison

Ike Butler
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bert Cole
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bert Cole built a career as a starting pitcher and Ike Butler 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 5.34 and 1.831 for Ike Butler. By the career numbers, Bert Cole had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ike Butler and Bert Cole

Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.24
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.63
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.08
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.68
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.42
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.77
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.48
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.09
9.09
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.99
25.99
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.93
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.27
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
5.34
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
4.67
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.337
0.337
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
349
27
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1817
27
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.1
9
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605.2
9
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
13
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
735
10.92
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.92
10.92
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.39
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.48
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.42
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.01
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.77
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.77
1.77
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.499
0.499
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.576
0.576
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.28
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
42.16
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2742
40.75
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.23
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
7.97
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
5.84
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.84
5.84
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.831
1.831
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.593
1.593
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
38.53
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2493
37.05
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.16
42.16
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.75
40.75

Fielding Stats for Ike Butler and Bert Cole

Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.26
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
27
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
9
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.25
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
2.98
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.58
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.67
86.67
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.053
2.053
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.133
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ike Butler and Bert Cole

Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
19
193.22
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
536.28
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
59
600
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
600
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
53
538.98
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
544.25
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.371
0.371
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.618
0.618
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
6
61.02
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
130.09
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
5
50.85
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
108.85
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.96
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.62
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.17
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.24
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
1.49
15.19
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.43
48.93
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
7
71.19
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
167.26
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
10
101.69
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
164.6
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
7
71.19
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
76.99
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
47.79
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
12
122.03
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
122.12
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
3.09
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.14
56.11
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
40.68
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
29.2
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
132.2
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
95.58
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
4.54
4.54
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.28
6.28
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.34
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.24
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.65
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
5.31
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50