Herb Cobb vs. Ole Olsen — Career Comparison

Herb Cobb
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ole Olsen
Lost GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ole Olsen 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. Ole Olsen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.95 and WHIP 1.379 compared to 36 and 4.000 for Herb Cobb. By the career numbers, Ole Olsen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Herb Cobb and Ole Olsen

Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
2.73
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.86
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.4
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.35
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.48
31.48
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.3
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
36
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
4.95
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.12
32.12
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
19
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
535
27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178.1
9
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
9.54
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.45
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.88
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.23
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.679
0.679
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.25
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.96
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
18
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
63
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
777
39.21
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.86
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
36
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
5.75
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.75
5.75
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
54
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
701
35.38
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
63
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.21
39.21

Fielding Stats for Herb Cobb and Ole Olsen

Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.44
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.944
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Herb Cobb and Ole Olsen

Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
646.15
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
600
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
542.31
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.443
0.443
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
92.31
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
69.23
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
23.08
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
23.08
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.69
19.49
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
103.85
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
46.15
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.1
12.74
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
92.31
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
46.15
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ole Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ole Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0