Taylor Cole vs. Rick Langford — Career Comparison

Taylor Cole
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rick Langford
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rick Langford built a career as a starting pitcher and Taylor Cole as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Taylor Cole led in home run suppression (HR9+ 266 vs 96), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 131 vs 101), and strikeout rate (K%+ 107 vs 86). Rick Langford held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 134 vs 98). Role difference aside, Taylor Cole holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Taylor Cole and Rick Langford

Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
5.79
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
1.57
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.81
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.18
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.71
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.44
Taylor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.61
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.64
Taylor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.85
53.85
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.78
40.78
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.04
14.04
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.38
75.38
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.51
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taylor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
4.97
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
664
4.01
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Taylor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Taylor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Taylor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4473
27
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.2
9
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1491
9
Taylor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
8.53
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1570
9.48
Taylor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.53
8.53
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Taylor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.51
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.97
Taylor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Taylor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Taylor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
3.76
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
2.51
Taylor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.18
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
9.14
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
671
4.05
Taylor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.58
1.58
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Taylor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.432
1.432
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.729
0.729
Taylor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.23
Taylor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.61
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.11
Taylor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
376
38.17
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6329
38.2
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.32
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.14
Taylor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
5.08
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
4.5
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Taylor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.28
Taylor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.3
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.32
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.42
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.67
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.365
1.365
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.332
1.332
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
33.39
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5796
34.99
Taylor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.17
38.17
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.2
38.2

Fielding Stats for Taylor Cole and Rick Langford

Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
5.79
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
1.57
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.81
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.18
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4482
27
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.2
9
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1494
9
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.88
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.52
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
1.27
Taylor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.93
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.19
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.93
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
2.15
Taylor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.35
98.35
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.04
14.04
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.1
75.1
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.3
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.1
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Taylor Cole and Rick Langford

Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
57
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
26500
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taylor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA