Ed Cole vs. Zack Wheeler — Career Comparison

Ed Cole
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Zack Wheeler
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

Zack Wheeler 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. Zack Wheeler posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.28 and WHIP 1.145 compared to 5.31 and 1.874 for Ed Cole. By the career numbers, Zack Wheeler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Cole and Zack Wheeler

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.98
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.47
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.57
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.59
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.66
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.11
60.11
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.31
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
3.28
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
11.75
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1475
7.68
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.68
7.68
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.85
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
0.86
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
5.12
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
2.55
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.07
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.94
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1820
9.48
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.895
0.895
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.4
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
44.15
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7086
36.9
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.46
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
7.2
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
3.56
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.17
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.19
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.66
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.874
1.874
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
38.56
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6451
33.59
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.15
44.15
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.9
36.9

Fielding Stats for Ed Cole and Zack Wheeler

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5185
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1728.1
9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.61
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.89
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.56
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.66
96.66
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.021
1.021
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.09
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Cole and Zack Wheeler

Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
1145.45
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
534.98
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
323
600
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
534.98
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
81.73
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
63.16
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
16.72
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.58
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
9.98
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.82
18.24
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.02
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
94.74
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
24.15
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.44
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
55.73
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-6.06
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.48
8.33
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.29
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
190.91
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
128
237.77
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.14
3.14
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
2.52
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
50.15
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.72
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA