Ed Cole vs. Brandon Webb — Career Comparison

Ed Cole
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Brandon Webb
Gen XKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Brandon Webb 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. Brandon Webb posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.27 and WHIP 1.265 compared to 5.31 and 1.874 for Ed Cole. By the career numbers, Brandon Webb had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Cole and Brandon Webb

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.98
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
1.36
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.57
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
1.35
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.59
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.66
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.42
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.39
58.39
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.5
99.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.31
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
3.27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3959
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1319.2
9
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
11.75
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1200
8.18
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.18
8.18
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.85
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.63
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
5.12
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
2.97
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.23
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.94
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1065
7.26
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.26
7.26
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.35
5.35
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.895
0.895
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.38
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.34
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
44.15
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5515
37.61
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.46
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
7.2
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
3.8
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.41
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.24
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.95
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.874
1.874
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.239
1.239
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
38.56
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4935
33.66
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.15
44.15
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Ed Cole and Brandon Webb

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.36
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
1.35
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3959
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1319.2
9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.69
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
1.83
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.14
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
2.65
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
2.52
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.86
94.86
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.854
1.854
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.5
99.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Cole and Brandon Webb

Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
1145.45
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
199
261.27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
457
600
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
391
513.35
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
57.77
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
45.95
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
11.82
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
11.82
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
9.98
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.7
8.8
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
69.58
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
70.9
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.75
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
38.07
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
53.83
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.22
-6.06
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.13
-8.05
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.13
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
190.91
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
182
238.95
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.14
3.14
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
2.51
2.51
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
72.21
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.31
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.25
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA