Gerrit Cole vs. Scott Patterson — Career Comparison

Gerrit Cole
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Scott Patterson
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Gerrit Cole built a career as a starting pitcher and Scott Patterson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Scott Patterson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.93 and WHIP 1.929 compared to 3.18 and 1.092 for Gerrit Cole. By the career numbers, Scott Patterson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gerrit Cole and Scott Patterson

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.46
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.71
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.7
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.37
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.67
65.67
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
690
3.18
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.225
0.225
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.125
0.125
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1627
7.49
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.49
7.49
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
1
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
2.3
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
11.57
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.57
11.57
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2251
10.37
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
13.5
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.37
10.37
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.5
13.5
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.1
7.1
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.408
1.408
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.786
2.786
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.27
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.28
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7861
36.21
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
42.43
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
740
3.41
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.17
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.14
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.64
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.089
1.089
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.714
1.714
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7233
33.31
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
30.86
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.21
36.21
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.43
42.43

Fielding Stats for Gerrit Cole and Scott Patterson

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.46
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.71
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.53
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.96
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
1.54
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
1.5
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.01
97.01
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.025
1.025
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gerrit Cole and Scott Patterson

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