Victor Cole vs. Bob James — Career Comparison

Victor Cole
Gen XSoviet UnionThrows RightBats SwitchPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Victor 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. Bob James posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.8 and WHIP 1.371 compared to 5.48 and 1.609 for Victor Cole. By the career numbers, Bob James had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Victor Cole and Bob James

Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3.13
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.53
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.57
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.61
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.48
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.8
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
8.34
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.86
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.48
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
3.47
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
4.7
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
7.52
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
40.7
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1755
38.81
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.48
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.609
1.609
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
34.43
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1533
33.9
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.7
40.7
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Victor Cole and Bob James

Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3.13
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.62
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1.04
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.35
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
1.95
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.35
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.66
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.23
85.23
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Victor Cole and Bob James

Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
8
960
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
7971.43
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
600
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
19.6
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.37
-44.26
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
14.28
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
1.4
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA