Gerrit Cole vs. Paul Lindblad — Career Comparison

Gerrit Cole
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Paul Lindblad
Silent GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Gerrit Cole built a career as a starting pitcher and Paul Lindblad as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Gerrit Cole led in home run suppression (HR9+ 133 vs 69), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 120 vs 89), and strikeout rate (K%+ 119 vs 89). Paul Lindblad held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 118 vs 116). Role difference aside, Gerrit Cole holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Gerrit Cole and Paul Lindblad

Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
317
1.46
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
655
4.86
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.24
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.7
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.5
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.37
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.67
65.67
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.91
51.91
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.47
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
690
3.18
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443
3.29
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1627
7.49
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1157
8.58
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.49
7.49
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.58
8.58
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
1
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.83
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
2.3
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384
2.85
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.65
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.85
2.85
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2251
10.37
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
671
4.98
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.37
10.37
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.1
7.1
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.869
0.869
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.27
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.22
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.28
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.19
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7861
36.21
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5091
37.75
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.91
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
3.41
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
510
3.78
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.17
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.36
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.14
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.22
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.64
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.42
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.089
1.089
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7233
33.31
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4603
34.13
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.21
36.21
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.75
37.75

Fielding Stats for Gerrit Cole and Paul Lindblad

Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
317
1.46
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
655
4.85
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.24
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
3648
27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
1216
9
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.53
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.41
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
0.96
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
1.52
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
1.54
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
1.98
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.5
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.93
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.01
97.01
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.75
97.75
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.025
1.025
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.399
0.399
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gerrit Cole and Paul Lindblad

Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
320
671.33
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
657
2795.74
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
286
600
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 600 PA
141
600
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
526.57
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 600 PAverified
133
565.96
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.497
0.497
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
86.01
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
110.64
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
75.52
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
80.85
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.2
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.53
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.29
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.26
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
5
10.49
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
29.79
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.08
21.14
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.46
31.75
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
109.09
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
148.94
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
100.7
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
119.15
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.469
0.469
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
35.66
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 600 PA
6
25.53
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
31.47
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 600 PA
6
25.53
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60.84
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 600 PA
11
46.81
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
6.18
12.97
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.71
28.56
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.1
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
12.59
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.51
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
112
234.97
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
148.94
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2.55
2.55
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.03
4.03
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
58.74
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 600 PA
5
21.28
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.26
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.39
Paul Lindblad
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Paul Lindblad
Career
Per 600 PA