Dick Cogan vs. Jim LaMarque — Career Comparison

Dick Cogan
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim LaMarque
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim LaMarque built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Cogan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim LaMarque posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.46 and WHIP 1.255 compared to 5 and 1.852 for Dick Cogan. By the career numbers, Jim LaMarque had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Cogan and Jim LaMarque

Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.33
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
1.27
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.83
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.02
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.65
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.5
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.32
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.31
67.31
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.5
62.5
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.88
80.88
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.83
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.69
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
5
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
3.46
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.14
6.14
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
27
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1451
27
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
9
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
483.2
9
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
11.33
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
8.82
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.33
11.33
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
5.33
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
2.47
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.67
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
5.73
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.73
5.73
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.778
0.778
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.912
0.912
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.83
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.43
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
43.17
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2061
38.35
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.5
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
6.83
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
4.43
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.83
6.83
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.6
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.99
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.852
1.852
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.255
1.255
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
37
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1871
34.82
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.17
43.17
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.35
38.35

Fielding Stats for Dick Cogan and Jim LaMarque

Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.4
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.43
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.98
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
27
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1677
27
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
9
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
559
9
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.94
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.72
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.64
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
2.61
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.58
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
3.16
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
3.46
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
2.57
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
3.33
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.48
81.48
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.28
96.28
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.833
1.833
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.326
2.326
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.54
68.54
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Cogan and Jim LaMarque

Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
12
184.62
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
246.77
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
39
600
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
600
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
34
523.08
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
228
551.61
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.615
0.615
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.621
0.621
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
6
92.31
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
123.39
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
46.15
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
89.52
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.77
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.84
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.26
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
33.87
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
3.24
49.85
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.48
51.97
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
11
169.23
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
176.61
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
10
153.85
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
159.68
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.587
0.587
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.514
0.514
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
61.54
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
91.94
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
61.54
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
84.68
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
8
123.08
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
169.35
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
3.26
50.19
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.97
55.56
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.84
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
31.45
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
61.54
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.75
9.75
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
12.1
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.26
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.26
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100