Ed Cole vs. Michael Lorenzen — Career Comparison

Ed Cole
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Michael Lorenzen
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Michael Lorenzen 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. Michael Lorenzen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.08 and WHIP 1.328 compared to 5.31 and 1.874 for Ed Cole. By the career numbers, Michael Lorenzen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Cole and Michael Lorenzen

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.98
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
395
3.57
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.57
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.08
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.49
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.66
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.54
49.54
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.13
30.13
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.31
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
4.08
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2988
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
9
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
11.75
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
8.32
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.85
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
1.13
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
5.12
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
3.5
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.94
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
826
7.46
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.46
7.46
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.895
0.895
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.218
1.218
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.46
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.37
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
44.15
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4214
38.08
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.46
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.5
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
7.2
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
4.28
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.18
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.85
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.874
1.874
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
38.56
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3751
33.89
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.81
1.81
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.15
44.15
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Ed Cole and Michael Lorenzen

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
3.54
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
1.03
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.12
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.84
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
2.03
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
1.96
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.75
96.75
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.555
0.555
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.14
29.14
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.12
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Cole and Michael Lorenzen

Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
42
1145.45
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
452
1844.9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
600
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
542.86
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
0.74
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
126.53
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
81.63
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.24
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.08
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28.57
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
44.9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
9.98
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.37
66.82
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
232.65
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
163.27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.651
0.651
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
81.63
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
97.96
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
151.02
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-6.06
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.21
62.09
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.16
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28.57
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
190.91
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
47
191.84
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.14
3.14
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
3.13
3.13
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
20.41
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
20.41
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
20.41
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.16
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28.57
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71.43
71.43