Herb Cobb vs. Gregg Olson — Career Comparison

Herb Cobb
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gregg Olson
Gen XNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherRookie of the YearAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Gregg Olson posted a stronger line than Herb Cobb. Gregg Olson posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.46 vs 36) and WHIP (1.442 vs 4.000). By the career numbers, Gregg Olson 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 Gregg Olson

Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
8.33
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.54
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.52
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.63
50.63
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.91
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
36
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
3.46
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.12
32.12
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
19
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2016
27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
9
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
8.01
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.01
8.01
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.62
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
4.42
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.55
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
588
7.88
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.88
7.88
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.366
1.366
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.58
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.16
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
18
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
63
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2889
38.69
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
5.99
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
36
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
3.68
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.31
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.72
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.381
1.381
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
54
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2504
33.54
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
63
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Herb Cobb and Gregg Olson

Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
8.33
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2016
27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
672
9
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.59
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.07
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
1.74
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
1.66
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.38
95.38
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.199
0.199
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Herb Cobb and Gregg Olson

Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
622
74640
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
480
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.3
1.3
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
172.2
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
480
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
1.4
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.667
1.667
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.38
165.6
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.67
1.67
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gregg Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Gregg Olson
Career
Per 600 PA