Ed Cole vs. Mike Gardiner — Career Comparison

Ed Cole
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Gardiner
Gen XCANThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Gardiner built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Cole as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Gardiner posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.21 and WHIP 1.509 compared to 5.31 and 1.874 for Ed Cole. By the career numbers, Mike Gardiner had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Cole and Mike Gardiner

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.98
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
3.11
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.57
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.05
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.66
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.62
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.64
38.64
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.82
33.82
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.31
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
5.21
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1181
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393.2
9
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
11.75
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
9.6
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.6
9.6
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.85
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.12
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
5.12
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
3.68
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.3
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.94
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
5.46
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.46
5.46
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.895
0.895
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.016
1.016
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.3
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
44.15
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1738
39.73
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.46
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
7.2
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
5.99
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.99
5.99
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.25
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.37
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.69
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.874
1.874
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.476
1.476
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
38.56
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1545
35.32
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.15
44.15
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.73
39.73

Fielding Stats for Ed Cole and Mike Gardiner

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.11
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.05
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1181
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393.2
9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.8
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.91
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.76
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.71
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.4
97.4
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.552
0.552
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.82
33.82
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Cole and Mike Gardiner

Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
42
1145.45
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
136
16320
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
600
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
9.98
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
3.21
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.22
-6.06
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.12
-14.11
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
190.91
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
360
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.14
3.14
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gardiner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Gardiner
Career
Per 600 PA