Ed Cole vs. Bill Grahame — Career Comparison

Ed Cole
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Grahame
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Grahame 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. Bill Grahame posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.9 and WHIP 1.225 compared to 5.31 and 1.874 for Ed Cole. By the career numbers, Bill Grahame had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Cole and Bill Grahame

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.98
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.66
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.57
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.04
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.36
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.66
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.75
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.56
32.56
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.54
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.31
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1043
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
347.2
9
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
11.75
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
8.31
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.85
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
5.12
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
2.72
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.94
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
3.65
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.895
0.895
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.708
0.708
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.28
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.47
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.54
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
44.15
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1382
35.78
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.46
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.47
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
7.2
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
4.01
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.874
1.874
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
38.56
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1256
32.51
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.15
44.15
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.78
35.78

Fielding Stats for Ed Cole and Bill Grahame

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.66
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.04
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1041
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.41
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
2.62
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.26
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
3.29
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
3.03
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.13
92.13
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.828
1.828
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.18
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Cole and Bill Grahame

Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
1145.45
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
304.76
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
126
600
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
118
561.9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
80.95
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
80.95
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
9.98
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.08
14.67
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
80.95
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
109.52
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.57
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.52
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
38.1
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-6.06
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
5.93
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.57
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
190.91
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 600 PA
61
290.48
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.14
3.14
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
2.07
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Grahame
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.52
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Grahame
Career
Per 600 PA