Gerrit Cole vs. Bill Hurst — Career Comparison

Gerrit Cole
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Bill Hurst
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Gerrit Cole built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Hurst as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Hurst posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 0 and WHIP 2.000 compared to 3.18 and 1.092 for Gerrit Cole. By the career numbers, Bill Hurst had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gerrit Cole and Bill Hurst

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.46
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
9
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.7
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.37
Bill Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.67
65.67
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
690
3.18
Bill Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Bill Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1627
7.49
Bill Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
13.5
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.49
7.49
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
1
Bill Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bill Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
2.3
Bill Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
4.5
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Bill Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2251
10.37
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
4.5
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.37
10.37
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.1
7.1
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.27
Bill Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
4.5
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.28
Bill Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Bill Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7861
36.21
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
45
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
9
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
740
3.41
Bill Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Bill Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.17
Bill Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.14
Bill Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.64
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.089
1.089
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7233
33.31
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
40.5
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Bill Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.21
36.21
Bill Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45

Fielding Stats for Gerrit Cole and Bill Hurst

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.46
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
9
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.53
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.96
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Bill Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
1.54
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
1.5
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.01
97.01
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.025
1.025
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gerrit Cole and Bill Hurst

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
320
671.33
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
286
600
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
526.57
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
86.01
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
75.52
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.2
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.29
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.49
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.08
21.14
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
109.09
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
100.7
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
35.66
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
31.47
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60.84
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.18
12.97
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.1
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
12.59
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
112
234.97
Bill Hurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.55
2.55
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
58.74
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.39
Bill Hurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA