Herb Cobb vs. Joe Cowley — Career Comparison

Herb Cobb
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Cowley
Baby BoomersKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Cowley built a career as a starting pitcher and Herb Cobb as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Cowley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.2 and WHIP 1.391 compared to 36 and 4.000 for Herb Cobb. By the career numbers, Joe Cowley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Herb Cobb and Joe Cowley

Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
1.82
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.46
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.63
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.9
56.9
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
36
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
4.2
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.12
32.12
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
19
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1408
27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469.1
9
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
7.94
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.32
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
4.45
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.37
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.202
1.202
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.21
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
18
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
63
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2026
38.85
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
36
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
4.66
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.21
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.44
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
54
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1759
33.73
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
63
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Herb Cobb and Joe Cowley

Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.82
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.46
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1408
27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469.1
9
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.69
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.07
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.96
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
1.76
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.968
0.968
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Herb Cobb and Joe Cowley

Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
3031.58
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
600
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
568.42
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.526
0.526
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
126.32
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.06
33.53
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
157.89
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
126.32
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.11
34.98
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
126.32
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.75
4.75
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA