Ed Cole vs. Danny Jackson — Career Comparison

Ed Cole
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny Jackson
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Danny Jackson 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. Danny Jackson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.01 and WHIP 1.431 compared to 5.31 and 1.874 for Ed Cole. By the career numbers, Danny Jackson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Cole and Danny Jackson

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.98
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
353
1.53
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.57
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.41
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.49
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.66
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.57
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.09
46.09
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.78
91.78
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.19
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.31
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
4.01
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6218
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2072.2
9
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
11.75
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2110
9.16
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.16
9.16
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.85
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.58
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
5.12
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
816
3.54
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.17
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.94
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1225
5.32
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.895
0.895
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.985
0.985
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.2
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.22
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
44.15
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8986
39.02
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.46
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.05
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
7.2
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1061
4.61
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.51
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.3
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
0.9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.874
1.874
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.412
1.412
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
38.56
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7935
34.46
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.15
44.15
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.02
39.02

Fielding Stats for Ed Cole and Danny Jackson

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
1.53
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
1.41
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6218
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2072.2
9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.46
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
1.24
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.13
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
1.82
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
1.69
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.105
1.105
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.07
92.07
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Cole and Danny Jackson

Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
1145.45
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
356
432.39
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
494
600
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
428
519.84
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
65.59
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
48.58
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
14.57
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.43
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
17
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
9.98
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.08
12.25
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
85.02
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
78.95
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
34.01
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
34.01
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
68.02
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-6.06
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.64
-1.99
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
12.15
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
190.91
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
219
265.99
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.14
3.14
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.26
2.26
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
65.59
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.43
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.43
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.43
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0