Ed Cole vs. Wilbur Wood — Career Comparison

Ed Cole
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Wilbur Wood
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Wilbur Wood 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. Wilbur Wood posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.24 and WHIP 1.258 compared to 5.31 and 1.874 for Ed Cole. By the career numbers, Wilbur Wood had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Cole and Wilbur Wood

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.98
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
651
2.18
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.57
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.55
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.66
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.52
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.25
51.25
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.62
45.62
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.38
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.08
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.19
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.31
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.24
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8052
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2684
9
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
11.75
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2582
8.66
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.85
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.7
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
5.12
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
2.43
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.24
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.94
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1411
4.73
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.895
0.895
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.796
0.796
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.24
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.21
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
44.15
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11154
37.4
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.46
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
0.66
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
7.2
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1130
3.79
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.35
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.18
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.38
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.874
1.874
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
38.56
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10209
34.23
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.81
1.81
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.15
44.15
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.4
37.4

Fielding Stats for Ed Cole and Wilbur Wood

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
651
2.18
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8055
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2685
9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.28
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
1.75
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
621
2.08
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
607
2.03
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.75
97.75
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.932
0.932
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.62
45.62
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Cole and Wilbur Wood

Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
1145.45
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
651
1025.2
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
381
600
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
322
507.09
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
42.52
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
39.37
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.15
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.15
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
9.98
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.43
5.39
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
45.67
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
75.59
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.32
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
20.47
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
37.8
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.22
-6.06
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
-9.85
-15.51
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
31.5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
190.91
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
189
297.64
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.14
3.14
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
2.02
2.02
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
59.84
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
7
11.02
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100