Leon Carlson vs. Steve Cooke — Career Comparison

Leon Carlson
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Steve Cooke
Gen XHawaiiThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Steve Cooke built a career as a starting pitcher and Leon Carlson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Leon Carlson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.65 and WHIP 1.297 compared to 4.31 and 1.454 for Steve Cooke. By the career numbers, Leon Carlson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Leon Carlson and Steve Cooke

Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.19
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
1.7
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.44
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.43
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.59
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.94
41.94
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.65
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
263
4.31
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1649
27
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
549.2
9
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
10.22
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
585
9.58
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.58
9.58
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.73
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
3.13
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.38
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.19
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
5.49
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.405
0.405
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.25
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
36.49
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2383
39.02
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.11
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
4.78
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.65
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.25
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.75
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.297
1.297
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.412
1.412
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
35.03
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2119
34.7
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.49
36.49
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.02
39.02

Fielding Stats for Leon Carlson and Steve Cooke

Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.7
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.44
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1649
27
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549.2
9
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.33
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.18
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.59
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
1.51
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.85
94.85
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.885
0.885
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Leon Carlson and Steve Cooke

Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
323.32
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
193
600
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
171
531.61
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
74.61
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
62.18
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.44
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.44
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
14.97
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.22
10
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
87.05
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
77.72
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
24.87
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
21.76
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
46.63
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
5.56
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.37
-4.25
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.11
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
146.11
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.11
4.11
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
62.18
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.11
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
5
15.54
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA