Herb Cobb vs. Jim Fairbank — Career Comparison

Herb Cobb
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Fairbank
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Jim Fairbank posted a stronger line than Herb Cobb. Jim Fairbank posted stronger numbers in ERA (5.49 vs 36) and WHIP (1.878 vs 4.000). By the career numbers, Jim Fairbank had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Herb Cobb and Jim Fairbank

Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.54
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.44
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.44
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
36
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.49
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.12
32.12
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
19
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
9
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
11.41
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.41
11.41
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.49
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
3.51
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.66
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
18
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
63
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
42.8
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.1
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
36
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
6.15
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.15
6.15
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.878
1.878
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
54
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
36.88
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.338
0.338
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
63
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.8
42.8

Fielding Stats for Herb Cobb and Jim Fairbank

Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.54
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
9
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.88
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
4.39
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.429
3.429
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.29
14.29
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Herb Cobb and Jim Fairbank

Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
247.06
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
600
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
564.71
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
4.37
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.62
-22.06
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.5
8.5
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA