Ed Cole vs. Jim Willoughby — Career Comparison

Ed Cole
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Willoughby
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Jim Willoughby posted a stronger line than Ed Cole. Jim Willoughby posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.79 vs 5.31) and WHIP (1.329 vs 1.874). By the career numbers, Jim Willoughby had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Ed Cole and Jim Willoughby

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.98
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
3.89
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.57
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.46
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.42
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.66
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.59
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.94
41.94
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.29
14.29
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.28
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.56
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.31
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
3.79
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1652
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
550.2
9
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
11.75
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
9.12
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.85
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.93
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
5.12
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.37
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.47
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.94
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
4.09
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.895
0.895
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.717
0.717
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.23
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.34
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
44.15
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2306
37.69
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.46
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
2.19
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
7.2
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
4.35
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.57
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.28
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.87
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.874
1.874
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.277
1.277
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
38.56
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2088
34.13
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.81
1.81
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.15
44.15
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.69
37.69

Fielding Stats for Ed Cole and Jim Willoughby

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
3.89
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.46
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1653
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
551
9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.88
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.58
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.55
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
2.47
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.79
96.79
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.635
0.635
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.76
11.76
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Cole and Jim Willoughby

Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
42
1145.45
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
242
1837.97
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
600
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
508.86
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
75.95
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
53.16
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.19
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.59
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
22.78
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
9.98
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
25.27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
113.92
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
106.33
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.145
0.145
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
45.57
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
22.78
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
60.76
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-6.06
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.13
16.19
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
30.38
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
190.91
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
182.28
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3.14
3.14
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
60.76
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.59
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA