Bert Cole vs. Dave Veres — Career Comparison

Bert Cole
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dave Veres
Gen XAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bert Cole built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Veres as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dave Veres posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.44 and WHIP 1.366 compared to 4.67 and 1.593 for Bert Cole. By the career numbers, Dave Veres had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bert Cole and Dave Veres

Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
2.63
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
605
7.85
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.68
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.42
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.48
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.45
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.7
50.7
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.99
25.99
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.27
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.23
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
4.67
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
265
3.44
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1817
27
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2082
27
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
605.2
9
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
694
9
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
735
10.92
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
8.57
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.57
8.57
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.39
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.01
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
230
3.42
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
3.33
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.39
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
1.77
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
8
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.77
1.77
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.576
0.576
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.58
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.28
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.36
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2742
40.75
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2957
38.35
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
1.23
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
3.68
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
5.84
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
3.72
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.41
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.36
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.78
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.593
1.593
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.323
1.323
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2493
37.05
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2612
33.87
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.75
40.75
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.35
38.35

Fielding Stats for Bert Cole and Dave Veres

Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
605
7.85
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2082
27
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
694
9
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.56
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.93
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.63
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.49
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.27
91.27
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.133
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Veres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bert Cole and Dave Veres

Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
202
536.28
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
605
11709.68
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
600
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
31
600
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
544.25
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
27
522.58
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.618
0.618
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.629
0.629
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
130.09
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
135.48
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
108.85
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
116.13
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.96
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
19.35
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.62
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.24
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
1
19.35
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.43
48.93
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
43.48
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
167.26
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
8
154.84
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
164.6
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
8
154.84
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.582
0.582
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
0.45
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
76.99
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
1
19.35
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.79
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
1
19.35
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
122.12
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.14
56.11
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
2.66
51.5
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
29.2
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
1
19.35
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
95.58
Dave Veres
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
232.26
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.28
6.28
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
2.58
2.58
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
21.24
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Dave Veres
Career
Per 600 PA