Victor Cole vs. Lance McCullers — Career Comparison

Victor Cole
Gen XSoviet UnionThrows RightBats SwitchPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lance McCullers
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Victor Cole built a career as a starting pitcher and Lance McCullers as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lance McCullers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.25 and WHIP 1.370 compared to 5.48 and 1.609 for Victor Cole. By the career numbers, Lance McCullers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Victor Cole and Lance McCullers

Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3.13
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
5.23
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.48
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.46
47.46
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.67
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.48
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
3.25
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1579
27
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526.1
9
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
7.3
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.3
7.3
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.8
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.48
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
4.31
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.72
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
4.7
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
7.56
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.56
7.56
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.36
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
40.7
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2221
37.98
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
2.65
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.48
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
3.74
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.27
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.609
1.609
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
34.43
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1912
32.69
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.7
40.7
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.98
37.98

Fielding Stats for Victor Cole and Lance McCullers

Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3.13
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
5.23
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1579
27
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526.1
9
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.56
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
1.15
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.35
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
1.88
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.35
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
1.71
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Victor Cole and Lance McCullers

Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
8
960
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
312
3172.88
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
600
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
488.14
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.447
0.447
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
30.51
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.34
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.34
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.73
17.63
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
71.19
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
101.69
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.335
0.335
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
40.68
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
91.53
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.37
-44.26
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
6.14
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
23
233.9
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.57
2.57
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
61.02
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100