Gerrit Cole vs. Harley Parker — Career Comparison

Gerrit Cole
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Harley Parker
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Gerrit Cole built a career as a starting pitcher and Harley Parker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Gerrit Cole posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.18 and WHIP 1.092 compared to 5.9 and 1.749 for Harley Parker. By the career numbers, Gerrit Cole had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gerrit Cole and Harley Parker

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.21
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.94
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.7
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.37
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.67
65.67
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.78
77.78
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.87
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
690
3.18
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
5.9
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
403
27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
134.1
9
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1627
7.49
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
13.13
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.49
7.49
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.13
13.13
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
1
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
2.3
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
2.61
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2251
10.37
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.61
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.37
10.37
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.1
7.1
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.469
0.469
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.27
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.28
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7861
36.21
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
629
42.14
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
3.41
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
8.37
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.37
8.37
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.17
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.14
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.64
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.089
1.089
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.749
1.749
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7233
33.31
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
39.13
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.21
36.21
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.14
42.14

Fielding Stats for Gerrit Cole and Harley Parker

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.25
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
9
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
0.53
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.59
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
0.96
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.3
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
1.54
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.15
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.5
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.89
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.01
97.01
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.025
1.025
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.316
2.316
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gerrit Cole and Harley Parker

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
320
671.33
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
19
175.38
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
286
600
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
65
600
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
526.57
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
62
572.31
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.654
0.654
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
86.01
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
156.92
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
75.52
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
138.46
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.2
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.29
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
10.49
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.08
21.14
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.46
59.59
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
109.09
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
193.85
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
100.7
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
184.62
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.646
0.646
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
35.66
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
64.62
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
31.47
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
55.38
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
60.84
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
120
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
6.18
12.97
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.81
72.13
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.1
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.23
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
12.59
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
112
234.97
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
55.38
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2.55
2.55
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.83
10.83
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
58.74
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.39
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA