Ed Cole vs. Dicta Johnson — Career Comparison

Ed Cole
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dicta Johnson
Lost GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis ABCsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dicta Johnson 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. Dicta Johnson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.57 and WHIP 1.226 compared to 5.31 and 1.874 for Ed Cole. By the career numbers, Dicta Johnson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Cole and Dicta Johnson

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.98
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
1.33
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.57
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.04
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.54
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.66
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.44
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.07
55.07
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.31
78.31
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.7
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.31
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
507
3.57
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3830
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1276.2
9
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
11.75
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1177
8.3
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.3
8.3
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.85
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.31
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
5.12
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.74
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.94
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
636
4.48
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.895
0.895
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.802
0.802
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.17
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.35
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
44.15
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5415
38.17
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.46
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
7.2
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
663
4.67
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
1.16
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.62
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.874
1.874
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.226
1.226
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
38.56
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4812
33.92
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.15
44.15
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.17
38.17

Fielding Stats for Ed Cole and Dicta Johnson

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.35
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.47
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3993
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1331
9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.35
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
2.84
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
3.29
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
472
3.19
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
35
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Cole and Dicta Johnson

Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
1145.45
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
199
222.76
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
536
600
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
454
508.21
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
83.96
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
67.16
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.72
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8.96
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
16.79
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
9.98
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27.23
30.48
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
111.94
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
134.33
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
35.82
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
38.06
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
72.76
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-6.06
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.61
32.02
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.36
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
47.01
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
7
190.91
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.14
3.14
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
41.42
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Dicta Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100