Ed Cole vs. Eppa Rixey — Career Comparison

Ed Cole
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Eppa Rixey
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Eppa Rixey 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. Eppa Rixey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.15 and WHIP 1.272 compared to 5.31 and 1.874 for Ed Cole. By the career numbers, Eppa Rixey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Cole and Eppa Rixey

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.98
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
1.39
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.57
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
1.11
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
0.53
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.66
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
0.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.45
51.45
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.77
79.77
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
0.58
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.07
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.03
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.31
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1572
3.15
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13484
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4494.2
9
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
11.75
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4633
9.28
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.28
9.28
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.85
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.18
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
5.12
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1082
2.17
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.94
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1350
2.7
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.895
0.895
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.541
0.541
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.19
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.15
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.02
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
44.15
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18754
37.55
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.46
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.19
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
7.2
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1986
3.98
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.874
1.874
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
38.56
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17596
35.23
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.15
44.15
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Ed Cole and Eppa Rixey

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1195
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1326
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.79
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.916
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Cole and Eppa Rixey

Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
1145.45
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
694
249.79
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1667
600
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1522
547.81
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
104.74
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
90.34
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
11.88
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.44
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.08
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
14.4
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
9.98
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75.54
27.19
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
341
122.74
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
349
125.61
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.445
0.445
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
34.19
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
39.95
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
73.07
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-6.06
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77.08
27.74
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
3.24
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
17.64
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
190.91
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
220
79.18
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3.14
3.14
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.58
7.58
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
31.31
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.72
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.72
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.72
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.44
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50