Bert Cole vs. Tom Richardson — Career Comparison

Bert Cole
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Richardson
Greatest GenerationFloridaThrows RightNorth AmericaWashington PilotsEast-West LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Bert Cole and Tom Richardson are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bert Cole had the edge in ERA (4.67 vs 5.45). By the career numbers, Bert Cole had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Bert Cole and Tom Richardson

Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.63
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.42
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.68
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.23
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.42
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.49
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.48
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.54
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.62
47.62
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.99
25.99
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.21
86.21
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.27
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.88
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
4.67
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
5.45
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1817
27
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
550
27
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605.2
9
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
183.1
9
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
735
10.92
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
10.95
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.92
10.92
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.95
10.95
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.39
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.25
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
230
3.42
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
2.99
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
1.77
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
4.07
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.77
1.77
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.576
0.576
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.786
0.786
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.28
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2742
40.75
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
841
41.29
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.23
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
5.84
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
6.58
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.84
5.84
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.58
6.58
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.88
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.69
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.593
1.593
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.549
1.549
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2493
37.05
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
759
37.26
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.75
40.75
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.29
41.29

Fielding Stats for Bert Cole and Tom Richardson

Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.42
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.24
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
610
27
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203.1
9
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.35
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
2.66
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
3.14
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
3.01
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.77
95.77
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.133
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.125
2.125
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bert Cole and Tom Richardson

Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
536.28
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
44
266.67
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
600
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
99
600
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
544.25
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
87
527.27
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.618
0.618
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.722
0.722
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
130.09
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
127.27
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
108.85
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
14
84.85
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.96
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
18.18
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.62
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.06
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.65
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
18.18
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
21.24
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
42.42
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.43
48.93
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10.97
66.51
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
167.26
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
212.12
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
164.6
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
169.7
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.307
0.307
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.402
0.402
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.592
0.592
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.49
0.49
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
76.99
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
72.73
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
47.79
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
84.85
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
122.12
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
139.39
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.14
56.11
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11.74
71.12
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
29.2
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
42.42
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
36
95.58
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.28
6.28
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
21.24
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
30.3
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA