Ed Cole vs. Billy Wynne — Career Comparison

Ed Cole
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Billy Wynne
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Billy Wynne 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. Billy Wynne posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.33 and WHIP 1.631 compared to 5.31 and 1.874 for Ed Cole. By the career numbers, Billy Wynne had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Cole and Billy Wynne

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.98
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
2.02
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.57
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.44
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.39
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.66
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.53
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.11
42.11
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.31
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
4.33
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.18
5.18
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
9
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
11.75
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
10.44
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.44
10.44
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.85
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.06
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
5.12
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
3.75
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.48
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.94
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
4.67
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.895
0.895
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.936
0.936
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
44.15
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
844
40.62
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.46
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
7.2
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
4.86
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.874
1.874
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.578
1.578
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
38.56
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
755
36.34
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.15
44.15
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.62
40.62

Fielding Stats for Ed Cole and Billy Wynne

Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.02
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.44
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
562
27
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187.1
9
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.62
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.49
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
2.16
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.11
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.78
97.78
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.048
1.048
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Cole and Billy Wynne

Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
1145.45
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 600 PA
42
387.69
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
600
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
507.69
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
55.38
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
46.15
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.23
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.23
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
9.98
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
11.09
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
73.85
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
83.08
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.23
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
27.69
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-6.06
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.17
-1.58
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
27.69
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
190.91
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
120
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3.14
3.14
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wynne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
64.62
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.23
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Wynne
Career
Per 600 PA