Bert Cole vs. Al McBean — Career Comparison

Bert Cole
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Al McBean
Silent GenerationU.S. Virgin IslandsThrows RightBats RightPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bert Cole built a career as a starting pitcher and Al McBean as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Al McBean posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.13 and WHIP 1.379 compared to 4.67 and 1.593 for Bert Cole. By the career numbers, Al McBean had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bert Cole and Al McBean

Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
2.63
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
3.43
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.68
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.64
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.42
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.56
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.48
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.42
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.26
57.26
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.99
25.99
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.58
18.58
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.27
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.18
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.53
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
4.67
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.13
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1817
27
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3217
27
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
605.2
9
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1072.1
9
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
735
10.92
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1058
8.88
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.88
8.88
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.39
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.53
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
230
3.42
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
3.06
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.47
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
1.77
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
575
4.83
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.77
1.77
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.576
0.576
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.877
0.877
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.29
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.28
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2742
40.75
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4518
37.92
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
1.23
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
1.56
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
5.84
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
3.61
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.593
1.593
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.327
1.327
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2493
37.05
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4123
34.6
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.75
40.75
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Bert Cole and Al McBean

Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.44
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.64
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3218
27
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1072.2
9
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.61
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
2.11
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.2
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
212
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
2.93
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
2.73
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.12
93.12
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.133
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.793
0.793
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18.54
18.54
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.15
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bert Cole and Al McBean

Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
202
536.28
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
425
897.89
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
226
600
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
284
600
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
205
544.25
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
264
557.75
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.618
0.618
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.509
0.509
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
130.09
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
109.86
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
108.85
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
90.85
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.96
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.45
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.62
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.23
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.65
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.34
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.24
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
19.01
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.43
48.93
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
15.39
32.52
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
167.26
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
145.77
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
164.6
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
59
124.65
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.355
0.355
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
76.99
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
21
44.37
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
18
47.79
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
52.82
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
122.12
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
43
90.85
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.14
56.11
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
14.27
30.16
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.11
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
29.2
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
6
12.68
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
95.58
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
106
223.94
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.28
6.28
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
2.68
2.68
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
8
21.24
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
27.46
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.23
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA