Ed Cole vs. Ted Wingfield — Career Comparison

Ed Cole
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Wingfield
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ted Wingfield 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. Ted Wingfield posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.18 and WHIP 1.455 compared to 5.31 and 1.874 for Ed Cole. By the career numbers, Ted Wingfield had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Cole and Ted Wingfield

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.98
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
1.84
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.57
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.93
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.39
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.66
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.72
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.29
35.29
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.44
50.44
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.31
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
4.18
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1660
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
553.1
9
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
11.75
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
624
10.15
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.15
10.15
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.85
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.39
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
5.12
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
2.94
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.94
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
1.11
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.895
0.895
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.21
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
44.15
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2426
39.46
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.46
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.57
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
7.2
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
5.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.874
1.874
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.455
1.455
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
38.56
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2232
36.3
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.15
44.15
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.46
39.46

Fielding Stats for Ed Cole and Ted Wingfield

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.03
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.027
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Cole and Ted Wingfield

Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
1145.45
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
343.28
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
201
600
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
192
573.13
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.564
0.564
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
134.33
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
107.46
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
17.91
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.97
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.99
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
26.87
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
9.98
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.14
42.2
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
173.13
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
146.27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.552
0.552
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.419
0.419
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
53.73
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
32.84
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
83.58
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-6.06
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.83
47.25
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.94
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
190.91
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
41.79
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3.14
3.14
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.36
14.36
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.93
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.99
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.99
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0