Jim Coates vs. Graham Godfrey — Career Comparison

Jim Coates
Silent GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Graham Godfrey
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Graham Godfrey built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Coates as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Coates posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4 and WHIP 1.406 compared to 5.09 and 1.587 for Graham Godfrey. By the career numbers, Jim Coates had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Coates and Graham Godfrey

Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
3.25
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.96
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.61
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.57
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.57
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.29
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.17
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.15
66.15
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.62
18.62
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.17
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.2
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
4
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
5.09
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.08
6.08
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2050
27
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
27
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683.1
9
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
9
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
650
8.56
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
11.35
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.56
8.56
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.35
11.35
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.86
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.37
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
3.77
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.93
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.33
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
5.22
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
4.5
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.22
5.22
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.998
0.998
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.826
0.826
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.33
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.78
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2947
38.81
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
41.09
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.17
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
4.43
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
6.26
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.26
6.26
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.59
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.59
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.587
1.587
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2636
34.72
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
36.59
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.09
41.09

Fielding Stats for Jim Coates and Graham Godfrey

Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
3.25
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.96
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.61
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.57
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2050
27
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
27
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683.1
9
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
9
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.58
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.78
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.2
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.37
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.16
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
1.94
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.15
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
1.78
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.15
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.84
91.84
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.547
0.547
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.62
18.62
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Coates and Graham Godfrey

Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
247
796.77
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
3000
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
160
516.13
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.411
0.411
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
67.74
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
51.61
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.55
14.67
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
90.32
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.116
0.116
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
45.16
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
67.74
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.97
3.12
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
93
300
Graham Godfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
61.29
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
Graham Godfrey
Career
Per 600 PA