Ed Cole vs. Eric Wilkins — Career Comparison

Ed Cole
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Eric Wilkins
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Eric Wilkins 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. Eric Wilkins posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.39 and WHIP 1.665 compared to 5.31 and 1.874 for Ed Cole. By the career numbers, Eric Wilkins had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Cole and Eric Wilkins

Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.98
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.07
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.57
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.81
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.26
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.66
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
5.31
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
4.39
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.22
5.22
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
27
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.2
9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
11.75
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
9.95
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.95
9.95
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.85
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
5.12
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
4.91
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.94
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
6.72
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.72
6.72
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.895
0.895
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.292
1.292
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.47
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
44.15
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
40.82
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.46
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
7.2
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
5.3
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.3
5.3
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.78
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.874
1.874
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.651
1.651
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
38.56
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
34.36
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.15
44.15
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.82
40.82

Fielding Stats for Ed Cole and Eric Wilkins

Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.07
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.81
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.2
9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.55
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.84
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.07
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.26
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Cole and Eric Wilkins

Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
1145.45
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
16
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
9.98
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.22
-6.06
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
7
190.91
Eric Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.14
3.14
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA