King Cole vs. Ryan Thompson — Career Comparison

King Cole
Lost GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ryan Thompson
MillenialOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

King Cole built a career as a starting pitcher and Ryan Thompson 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 3.54 and 1.210 for Ryan Thompson. 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 Ryan Thompson

King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.59
Ryan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
9.47
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.05
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.69
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.67
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.33
Ryan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.6
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.47
67.47
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.94
52.94
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.89
65.89
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.58
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ryan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.3
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
3.12
Ryan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
3.54
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Ryan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Ryan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Ryan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2192
27
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
724
27
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
730.2
9
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241.1
9
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
657
8.09
Ryan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
8.2
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.09
8.09
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.16
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.86
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Ryan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
4.08
Ryan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.39
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.3
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Ryan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
3.67
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
7.76
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Ryan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.861
0.861
Ryan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.127
1.127
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.31
Ryan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.22
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.32
Ryan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.41
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3001
36.96
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
997
37.18
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.39
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.12
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
3.81
Ryan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
4.14
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.78
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.352
1.352
Ryan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.177
1.177
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2644
32.57
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
916
34.16
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Ryan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.96
36.96
Ryan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.18
37.18

Fielding Stats for King Cole and Ryan Thompson

King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
4.66
Ryan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
9.47
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.08
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
747
27
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
724
27
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
9
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241.1
9
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Ryan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.75
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
6.65
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.53
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.8
Ryan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
7.88
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
2.39
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
7.08
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
2.27
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.91
89.91
Ryan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.31
95.31
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.519
1.519
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.26
23.26
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.36
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for King Cole and Ryan Thompson

King Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
130
287.82
Ryan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
254
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
271
600
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
249
551.29
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
95.2
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
77.49
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.07
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.64
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
17.71
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.39
25.21
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
119.56
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
115.13
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.419
0.419
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.145
0.145
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
37.64
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
35.42
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
73.06
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.83
21.77
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.43
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
15.5
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
80
177.12
Ryan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
3.39
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
28.78
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.43
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.43
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ryan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA