Bert Cole vs. Clem Labine — Career Comparison

Bert Cole
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Clem Labine
Greatest GenerationRhode IslandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bert Cole built a career as a starting pitcher and Clem Labine as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clem Labine posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.63 and WHIP 1.383 compared to 4.67 and 1.593 for Bert Cole. By the career numbers, Clem Labine had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bert Cole and Clem Labine

Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
2.63
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
513
4.28
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.68
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.32
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.42
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.64
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.48
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.47
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.89
57.89
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.99
25.99
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.27
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.8
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
4.67
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
3.63
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1817
27
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3239
27
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
605.2
9
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1079.2
9
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
735
10.92
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1043
8.69
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.39
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.68
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
230
3.42
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
3.3
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.45
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
1.77
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
551
4.59
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.77
1.77
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.576
0.576
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.877
0.877
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.23
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.28
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2742
40.75
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4577
38.15
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
1.23
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
2.4
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
5.84
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
4.1
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.593
1.593
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2493
37.05
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4170
34.76
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.75
40.75
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.15
38.15

Fielding Stats for Bert Cole and Clem Labine

Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
513
5.6
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.17
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2475
27
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
825
9
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.06
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
2.26
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.15
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
212
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.47
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.32
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.6
95.6
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.133
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.593
0.593
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bert Cole and Clem Labine

Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
202
536.28
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
514
1204.69
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
226
600
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
256
600
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
205
544.25
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
227
532.03
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.618
0.618
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
130.09
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
17
39.84
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
108.85
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
11
25.78
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.96
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.03
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.62
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.65
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.03
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.24
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
6
14.06
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.43
48.93
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
5.59
13.11
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
167.26
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
29
67.97
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
164.6
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
33
77.34
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
76.99
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
12
28.13
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.79
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
11
25.78
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
122.12
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
20
46.88
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.14
56.11
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.17
-14.47
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.34
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
11
29.2
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
35.16
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
95.58
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
121
283.59
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.28
6.28
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
2.12
2.12
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
8
21.24
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
30.47
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
5
11.72
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA