Gerrit Cole vs. Ray Washburn — Career Comparison

Gerrit Cole
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Ray Washburn
Silent GenerationWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Gerrit Cole a clear advantage over Ray Washburn across the core pitching metrics. Gerrit Cole led in home run suppression (HR9+ 133 vs 96), strikeout rate (K%+ 119 vs 89), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 120 vs 98). Ray Washburn held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 116 vs 116). Gerrit Cole was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Gerrit Cole and Ray Washburn

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.46
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
1.78
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
1.24
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.7
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.54
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.37
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.48
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.67
65.67
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.94
52.94
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.46
69.46
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.19
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
690
3.18
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
475
3.53
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3629
27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1209.2
9
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1627
7.49
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1208
8.99
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.49
7.49
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.99
8.99
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
1
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.8
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
2.3
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
2.63
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.36
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2251
10.37
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
700
5.21
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.37
10.37
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.1
7.1
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.871
0.871
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.27
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.28
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.13
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7861
36.21
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5080
37.8
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.23
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
3.41
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
545
4.05
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.17
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.14
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.64
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.089
1.089
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.291
1.291
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7233
33.31
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4703
34.99
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.21
36.21
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.8
37.8

Fielding Stats for Gerrit Cole and Ray Washburn

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.46
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
1.78
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
1.24
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3629
27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1209.2
9
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
0.53
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.68
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
0.96
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
1.61
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.1
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
1.54
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
320
2.38
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.5
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
2.28
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.01
97.01
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.94
95.94
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.025
1.025
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.285
1.285
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.46
69.46
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.12
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gerrit Cole and Ray Washburn

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
320
671.33
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA
239
341.43
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
286
600
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
420
600
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
251
526.57
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
361
515.71
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
86.01
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA
38
54.29
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
75.52
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA
29
41.43
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.2
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.57
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.86
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.29
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.43
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
5
10.49
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
12.86
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.08
21.14
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA
8.19
11.7
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
109.09
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA
51
72.86
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
100.7
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
84.29
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.295
0.295
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
35.66
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
31.43
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
15
31.47
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
34.29
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
29
60.84
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
64.29
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.18
12.97
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.87
-5.53
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.1
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.43
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
6
12.59
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
28.57
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
234.97
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA
201
287.14
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.55
2.55
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
58.74
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
50
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Washburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.29
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.39
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA
6
8.57
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Washburn
Career
Per 600 PA