King Cole vs. Bob James — Career Comparison

King Cole
Lost GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

King Cole built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob James as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. King Cole posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.12 and WHIP 1.352 compared to 3.8 and 1.371 for Bob James. By the career numbers, King Cole had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for King Cole and Bob James

King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.59
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.05
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.69
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.33
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.57
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.47
67.47
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
48
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.89
65.89
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.58
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.61
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
3.12
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
3.8
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2192
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
730.2
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
657
8.09
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
8.34
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.09
8.09
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.34
8.34
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.16
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.86
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
4.08
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
3.47
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
298
3.67
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
7.52
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.861
0.861
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.31
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.32
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3001
36.96
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1755
38.81
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.39
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
3.81
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
4.29
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.352
1.352
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2644
32.57
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1533
33.9
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.96
36.96
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for King Cole and Bob James

King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
4.66
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.08
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
747
27
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
9
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.62
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
6.65
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.04
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.8
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.29
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
7.88
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
1.95
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
7.08
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.66
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.91
89.91
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.23
85.23
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.519
1.519
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.26
23.26
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.36
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for King Cole and Bob James

King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
130
287.82
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
7971.43
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
271
600
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
249
551.29
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
95.2
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
77.49
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.07
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.64
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
17.71
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.39
25.21
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.69
19.6
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
119.56
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
115.13
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.419
0.419
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.145
0.145
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
37.64
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
35.42
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
73.06
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.83
21.77
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
14.28
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.43
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
15.5
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
80
177.12
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
3.39
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
28.78
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.43
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.43
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA