Ed Cole vs. Ross Grimsley — Career Comparison

Ed Cole
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ross Grimsley
Baby BoomersKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ross Grimsley 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. Ross Grimsley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.81 and WHIP 1.330 compared to 5.31 and 1.874 for Ed Cole. By the career numbers, Ross Grimsley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Cole and Ross Grimsley

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.98
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345
1.52
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.57
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
1.3
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.55
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.66
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.44
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.61
55.61
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.51
85.51
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.35
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.31
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
863
3.81
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6118
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2039.1
9
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
11.75
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2105
9.29
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.29
9.29
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.85
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
0.89
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
5.12
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
2.47
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.22
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.94
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.31
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.895
0.895
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.642
0.642
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.18
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.04
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
44.15
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8544
37.71
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.46
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.08
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
7.2
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
947
4.18
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.51
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.76
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.874
1.874
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.306
1.306
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
38.56
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7792
34.39
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.15
44.15
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.71
37.71

Fielding Stats for Ed Cole and Ross Grimsley

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
345
1.52
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
1.3
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6118
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2039.1
9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.26
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
1.58
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
1.9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
1.84
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.98
96.98
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.209
1.209
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.51
85.51
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.06
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Cole and Ross Grimsley

Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
1145.45
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
346
519
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
400
600
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
353
529.5
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
67.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
61.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
9.98
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.1
9.15
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
73.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
78
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
31.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
22.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
54
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-6.06
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-3.33
-5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
190.91
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
116
174
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3.14
3.14
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.45
3.45
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
58.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.5
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA