Ed Cole vs. Winfield Welch — Career Comparison

Ed Cole
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Winfield Welch
Lost GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Winfield Welch 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. Winfield Welch posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.5 and WHIP 2.000 compared to 5.31 and 1.874 for Ed Cole. By the career numbers, Winfield Welch had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Cole and Winfield Welch

Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.98
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.57
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.66
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.5
12.5
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
5.31
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.64
6.64
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.26
7.26
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
11.75
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
13.5
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.75
11.75
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.85
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
5.12
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.94
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.895
0.895
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
44.15
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
40.5
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.46
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
7.2
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.874
1.874
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
38.56
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
33.75
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.15
44.15
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Ed Cole and Winfield Welch

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.25
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.25
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.25
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Cole and Winfield Welch

Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
1145.45
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
600
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
9.98
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
1.54
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.22
-6.06
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.28
-24.41
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
7
190.91
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.14
3.14
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA