Ed Cole vs. Rube Peters — Career Comparison

Ed Cole
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Peters
Lost GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Peters 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. Rube Peters posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.06 and WHIP 1.606 compared to 5.31 and 1.874 for Ed Cole. By the career numbers, Rube Peters had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Cole and Rube Peters

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.98
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
2.4
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.57
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.86
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.66
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.49
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.9
35.9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.31
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.31
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
4.06
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.64
6.64
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.15
7.15
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.445
0.445
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146.1
9
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
11.75
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
11.44
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.44
11.44
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.85
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
5.12
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.01
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.94
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
3.2
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.895
0.895
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.37
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
44.15
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
29.09
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.46
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.11
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
7.2
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
6.09
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.09
6.09
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.874
1.874
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.606
1.606
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
38.56
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
25.71
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.504
0.504
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.15
44.15
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.09
29.09

Fielding Stats for Ed Cole and Rube Peters

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.74
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.846
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Cole and Rube Peters

Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rube Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
1145.45
Rube Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
39
497.87
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
600
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
536.17
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.447
0.447
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
89.36
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
76.6
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.77
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.77
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
9.98
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.66
21.2
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
102.13
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
114.89
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
25.53
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
38.3
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
63.83
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-6.06
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.41
18.02
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
25.53
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
190.91
Rube Peters
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
140.43
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3.14
3.14
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.27
4.27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
38.3
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Peters
Career
Per 600 PA