Bert Cole vs. Lou North — Career Comparison

Bert Cole
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lou North
Lost GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bert Cole built a career as a starting pitcher and Lou North as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lou North posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.43 and WHIP 1.531 compared to 4.67 and 1.593 for Bert Cole. By the career numbers, Lou North had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bert Cole and Lou North

Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
2.63
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.34
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.68
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.49
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.42
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.48
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.31
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.76
56.76
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.99
25.99
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.53
14.53
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.27
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.25
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
4.67
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
4.43
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1817
27
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
1389
27
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605.2
9
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
463
9
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
735
10.92
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
509
9.89
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.89
9.89
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.39
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.47
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.42
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
3.89
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
1.77
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
3.87
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.77
1.77
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.16
1.16
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.576
0.576
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.862
0.862
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.28
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.23
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2742
40.75
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
2031
39.48
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
1.23
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.56
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
5.84
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
5.33
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.33
5.33
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.593
1.593
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.531
1.531
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2493
37.05
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
1819
35.36
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.75
40.75
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.48
39.48

Fielding Stats for Bert Cole and Lou North

Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.89
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.133
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.756
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou North
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bert Cole and Lou North

Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
536.28
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PAverified
174
725
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
600
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
144
600
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
544.25
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PAverified
137
570.83
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.618
0.618
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
130.09
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
27
112.5
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
108.85
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
24
100
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.96
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.17
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.62
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.17
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.65
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.17
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.24
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.5
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.43
48.93
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
7.45
31.05
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
167.26
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
33
137.5
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
164.6
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
31
129.17
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0.461
0.461
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0.336
0.336
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
76.99
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
12
50
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.79
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
10
41.67
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
122.12
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
21
87.5
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.14
56.11
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
7.58
31.58
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
29.2
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
4
16.67
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
95.58
Lou North
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
104.17
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.28
6.28
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
5.76
5.76
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.24
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.5
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Lou North
Career
Per 600 PA