Ed Cole vs. Pete Wilson — Career Comparison

Ed Cole
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Pete Wilson
Lost GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Pete Wilson 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. Pete Wilson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.26 and WHIP 1.394 compared to 5.31 and 1.874 for Ed Cole. By the career numbers, Pete Wilson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Cole and Pete Wilson

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.98
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.36
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.57
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.29
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.61
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.66
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.94
52.94
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
5.31
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.26
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
11.75
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
7.39
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.39
7.39
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.85
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
5.12
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
5.16
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.12
5.12
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.94
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
4.88
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.895
0.895
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.116
1.116
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
44.15
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
578
39.21
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.46
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
7.2
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
4.82
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.874
1.874
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.395
1.395
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
38.56
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
497
33.72
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.15
44.15
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.21
39.21

Fielding Stats for Ed Cole and Pete Wilson

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.35
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.29
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.44
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.98
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.64
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.64
88.64
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Cole and Pete Wilson

Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
1145.45
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
237.74
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
543.4
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
56.6
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
45.28
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
9.98
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.23
13.92
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
79.25
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
90.57
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
79.25
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-6.06
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0
-0.05
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
190.91
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
169.81
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3.14
3.14
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.53
3.53
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA