Gerrit Cole vs. Warren Spahn — Career Comparison

Gerrit Cole
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Warren Spahn
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMilwaukee BravesNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

The numbers give Gerrit Cole a clear advantage over Warren Spahn across the core pitching metrics. Gerrit Cole led in home run suppression (HR9+ 133 vs 81), strikeout rate (K%+ 119 vs 82), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 120 vs 92). Warren Spahn held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 117 vs 116). Gerrit Cole was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Gerrit Cole and Warren Spahn

Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750
1.29
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
665
1.14
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.7
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
363
0.62
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.37
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
0.42
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.67
65.67
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.7
59.7
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.67
88.67
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
0.66
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.11
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.05
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
690
3.18
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1798
3.09
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.241
0.241
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15731
27
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5243.2
9
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1627
7.49
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4830
8.29
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.49
7.49
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
1
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
0.74
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
2.3
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1434
2.46
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.1
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2251
10.37
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2583
4.43
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.37
10.37
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.1
7.1
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.766
0.766
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.27
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.14
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.28
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.07
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.01
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7861
36.21
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21547
36.98
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.12
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
3.41
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2016
3.46
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.17
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.14
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.64
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.089
1.089
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.195
1.195
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7233
33.31
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20071
34.45
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.21
36.21
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.98
36.98

Fielding Stats for Gerrit Cole and Warren Spahn

Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
317
1.46
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
2.18
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
1.15
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9282
27
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3094
9
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.53
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
0.65
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
0.96
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
999
2.91
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.17
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
1.54
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1279
3.72
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
1.5
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1221
3.55
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.01
97.01
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.47
95.47
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.025
1.025
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.628
1.628
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.93
52.93
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.24
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gerrit Cole and Warren Spahn

Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
320
671.33
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
783
228.61
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
286
600
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2055
600
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
251
526.57
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1872
546.57
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.553
0.553
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
41
86.01
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
363
105.99
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
36
75.52
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
77.37
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.2
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
16.64
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
1.75
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.29
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
10.22
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
5
10.49
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
28.61
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
10.08
21.14
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134.33
39.22
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
52
109.09
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
537
156.79
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
48
100.7
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
464
135.47
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.419
0.419
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
17
35.66
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
41.17
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
15
31.47
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
55.18
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
29
60.84
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
295
86.13
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
6.18
12.97
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123.31
36
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.1
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
2.04
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
6
12.59
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
27.45
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
234.97
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
487
142.19
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2.55
2.55
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.22
4.22
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
58.74
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
19.85
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
4.09
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
8.39
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
6.72
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.17
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.58
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
1.75
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67