Herb Cobb vs. Dick Selma — Career Comparison

Herb Cobb
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Selma
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Dick Selma posted a stronger line than Herb Cobb. Dick Selma posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.62 vs 36) and WHIP (1.380 vs 4.000). By the career numbers, Dick Selma 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 Dick Selma

Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
307
3.29
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.81
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.45
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.58
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24.76
24.76
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.12
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.33
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
36
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
3.62
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.12
32.12
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
19
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2520
27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
840
9
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
7.86
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.86
7.86
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.74
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
4.08
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.47
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
7.3
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.3
7.3
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.264
1.264
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.49
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
18
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
63
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3558
38.12
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
1.33
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
36
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
375
4.02
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.24
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.13
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.327
1.327
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
54
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3116
33.39
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
63
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.12
38.12

Fielding Stats for Herb Cobb and Dick Selma

Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
3.31
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.81
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2526
27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
842
9
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.56
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
1.68
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
2.31
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.23
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.76
96.76
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.674
0.674
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24.52
24.52
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Herb Cobb and Dick Selma

Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
324
860.18
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
226
600
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
538.94
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
92.92
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
74.34
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
13.27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.58
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.1
21.51
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
116.81
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
108.85
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
34.51
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.58
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
53.1
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.98
15.88
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
13.27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
76
201.77
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.97
2.97
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
42.48
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.62
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100