Ed Cole vs. Bryan Woo — Career Comparison

Ed Cole
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bryan Woo
Gen ZCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Bryan Woo 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. Bryan Woo posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.21 and WHIP 0.983 compared to 5.31 and 1.874 for Ed Cole. By the career numbers, Bryan Woo had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Cole and Bryan Woo

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.98
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
1.59
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.57
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.59
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.64
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.66
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.34
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.12
65.12
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.31
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
3.21
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1187
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
395.2
9
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
11.75
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
7.01
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.85
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.21
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
5.12
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.82
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.94
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
392
8.92
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.92
8.92
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.6
5.6
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.895
0.895
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.193
1.193
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
44.15
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1574
35.8
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.46
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
7.2
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
3.39
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.874
1.874
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.981
0.981
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
38.56
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1470
33.44
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.15
44.15
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.8
35.8

Fielding Stats for Ed Cole and Bryan Woo

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.59
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.59
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1187
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
395.2
9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.8
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.66
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.46
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.97
96.97
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.914
0.914
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Cole and Bryan Woo

Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
1145.45
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
9.98
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.22
-6.06
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
7
190.91
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.14
3.14
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA