Bert Cole vs. Jim Lindsey — Career Comparison

Bert Cole
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Lindsey
Lost GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bert Cole built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Lindsey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bert Cole posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.67 and WHIP 1.593 compared to 4.7 and 1.585 for Jim Lindsey. By the career numbers, Bert Cole had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bert Cole and Jim Lindsey

Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
2.63
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.7
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.68
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.42
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.42
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.44
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.48
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.42
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.22
51.22
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.99
25.99
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.3
11.3
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.27
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.4
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
4.67
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
4.7
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1817
27
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1293
27
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605.2
9
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
431
9
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
735
10.92
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
507
10.59
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.59
10.59
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.39
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.52
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.42
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
3.68
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
1.77
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
3.65
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.77
1.77
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.576
0.576
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.814
0.814
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.19
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.28
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.25
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2742
40.75
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1943
40.57
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
1.23
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.67
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
5.84
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
5.45
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.45
5.45
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.593
1.593
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.585
1.585
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2493
37.05
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1755
36.65
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.75
40.75
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.57
40.57

Fielding Stats for Bert Cole and Jim Lindsey

Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.59
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.133
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.412
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bert Cole and Jim Lindsey

Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
536.28
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
177
983.33
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
600
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
108
600
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
544.25
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
97
538.89
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.618
0.618
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.468
0.468
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
130.09
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
18
100
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
108.85
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
16
88.89
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.96
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.56
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.62
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.56
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.24
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.11
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.43
48.93
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
3.93
21.81
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
167.26
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
21
116.67
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
164.6
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
19
105.56
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
76.99
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
6
33.33
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.79
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
6
33.33
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
122.12
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
12
66.67
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.14
56.11
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
3.83
21.3
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
29.2
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.56
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
95.58
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
127.78
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.28
6.28
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
4.7
4.7
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
8
21.24
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
55.56
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA