Bert Cole vs. Matt Festa — Career Comparison

Bert Cole
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt Festa
MillenialNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bert Cole built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Festa as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Festa posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.45 and WHIP 1.256 compared to 4.67 and 1.593 for Bert Cole. By the career numbers, Matt Festa had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bert Cole and Matt Festa

Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
2.63
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
8.95
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.68
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.42
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.68
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.48
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.37
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
65
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.99
25.99
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.27
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
4.67
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
4.45
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1817
27
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
516
27
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605.2
9
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
9
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
735
10.92
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
7.59
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.39
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
1.15
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.42
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
3.51
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.21
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
1.77
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
9.52
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.77
1.77
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.52
9.52
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.576
0.576
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.448
1.448
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.31
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.28
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.58
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2742
40.75
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
729
38.15
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
1.23
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.88
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
5.84
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
4.92
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.37
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.31
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.31
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.593
1.593
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.233
1.233
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2493
37.05
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
638
33.38
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.75
40.75
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.15
38.15

Fielding Stats for Bert Cole and Matt Festa

Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
8.95
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
516
27
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
9
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.68
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.05
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.73
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.73
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.133
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.193
0.193
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bert Cole and Matt Festa

Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
6
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
536.28
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
171
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
226
600
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
544.25
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.618
0.618
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
130.09
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
108.85
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.96
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.62
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.24
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.43
48.93
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
167.26
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
164.6
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
76.99
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.79
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
122.12
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.14
56.11
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
29.2
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
36
95.58
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.28
6.28
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.24
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA