Ed Cole vs. Fergie Jenkins — Career Comparison

Ed Cole
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fergie Jenkins
Silent GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Fergie Jenkins 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. Fergie Jenkins posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.34 and WHIP 1.168 compared to 5.31 and 1.874 for Ed Cole. By the career numbers, Fergie Jenkins had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Cole and Fergie Jenkins

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.98
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
1.33
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.57
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
1.19
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
0.57
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.66
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.45
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.69
55.69
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.46
89.46
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
0.53
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.1
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.01
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.31
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1669
3.34
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13502
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4500.2
9
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
11.75
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4142
8.28
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.28
8.28
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.85
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
0.97
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
5.12
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
997
1.99
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.23
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.94
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3192
6.38
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.38
6.38
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.895
0.895
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.931
0.931
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.12
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.17
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.04
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
44.15
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18400
36.79
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.46
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.07
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
7.2
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1853
3.71
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
0.26
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.21
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.33
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.874
1.874
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.142
1.142
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
38.56
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17082
34.16
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.15
44.15
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.79
36.79

Fielding Stats for Ed Cole and Fergie Jenkins

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
664
1.33
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
1.19
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13501
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4500.1
9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
0.73
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
660
1.32
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.1
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1072
2.14
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1023
2.05
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.43
95.43
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.541
1.541
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.46
89.46
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.09
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Cole and Fergie Jenkins

Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
1145.45
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
665
395.05
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1010
600
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
896
532.28
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.503
0.503
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
148
87.92
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
60.59
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
16.04
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.56
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
7.72
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
27.33
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
9.98
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50.04
29.73
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
226
134.26
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
112.28
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.352
0.352
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
32.08
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
50.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126
74.85
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-6.06
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.27
22.14
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
24.36
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
190.91
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
326
193.66
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.14
3.14
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
3.1
3.1
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
39.21
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.16
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
9
5.35
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.59
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.59
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0