Jim Coates vs. Leo Townsend — Career Comparison

Jim Coates
Silent GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Leo Townsend
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Leo Townsend 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. Leo Townsend posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.81 and WHIP 0.974 compared to 4 and 1.406 for Jim Coates. By the career numbers, Leo Townsend had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Coates and Leo Townsend

Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
3.25
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.81
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.61
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.7
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.57
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.7
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.29
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.05
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.15
66.15
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.62
18.62
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.17
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.2
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
4
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.81
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2050
27
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
27
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683.1
9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.2
9
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
650
8.56
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
7.01
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.56
8.56
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.86
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
3.77
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.75
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.33
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
5.22
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.22
5.22
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.998
0.998
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.195
0.195
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.25
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.33
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2947
38.81
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
33.66
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
1.17
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.1
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
4.43
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.81
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.974
0.974
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2636
34.72
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
31.91
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.66
33.66

Fielding Stats for Jim Coates and Leo Townsend

Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
3.25
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.61
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2050
27
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
683.1
9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.58
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.2
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.16
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.94
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.78
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.84
91.84
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.547
0.547
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.25
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18.62
18.62
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Coates and Leo Townsend

Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
247
796.77
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
160
516.13
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
6
450
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.411
0.411
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
67.74
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
51.61
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.55
14.67
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
24.79
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
90.32
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
45.16
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
67.74
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.97
3.12
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
32.22
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
93
300
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
61.29
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA