Herb Cobb vs. Gary Fortune — Career Comparison

Herb Cobb
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gary Fortune
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Gary Fortune 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. Gary Fortune posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 6.61 and WHIP 1.738 compared to 36 and 4.000 for Herb Cobb. By the career numbers, Gary Fortune had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Herb Cobb and Gary Fortune

Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
2.32
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.7
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.58
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
36
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
6.61
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.61
6.61
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.12
32.12
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
19
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77.2
9
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
10.31
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.31
10.31
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
5.33
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.33
5.33
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.67
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.888
0.888
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.58
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
18
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
63
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
41.83
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.27
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
36
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
7.42
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.42
7.42
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.738
1.738
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
54
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
36.39
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
63
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.83
41.83

Fielding Stats for Herb Cobb and Gary Fortune

Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.95
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Herb Cobb and Gary Fortune

Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
461.54
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
553.85
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
28.92
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.439
0.439
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.03
23.79
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 600 PA
11
253.85
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.36
2.36
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Fortune
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Fortune
Career
Per 600 PA