Gene Collins vs. Lance Cormier — Career Comparison

Gene Collins
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lance Cormier
Gen XLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Gene Collins built a career as a starting pitcher and Lance Cormier as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lance Cormier posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.07 and WHIP 1.683 compared to 5.21 and 1.829 for Gene Collins. By the career numbers, Lance Cormier had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gene Collins and Lance Cormier

Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.78
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
5.57
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.18
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.46
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.59
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.46
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.59
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.54
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.28
8.28
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.59
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.21
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
5.07
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.189
0.189
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
27
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1406
27
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
9
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
468.2
9
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.39
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
537
10.31
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.39
6.39
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.31
10.31
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.25
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
10.07
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
4.36
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.07
10.07
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
10.07
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
5.3
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.07
10.07
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.3
5.3
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.237
2.237
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.073
1.073
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.36
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.46
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.83
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.21
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
45.47
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2116
40.63
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.36
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.31
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
7.7
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
5.49
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.7
7.7
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.71
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.29
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.06
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.829
1.829
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
33.87
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1849
35.51
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.47
45.47
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.63
40.63

Fielding Stats for Gene Collins and Lance Cormier

Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.78
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
5.57
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.18
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.46
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
27
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1406
27
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
9
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
468.2
9
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.69
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.25
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.25
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.47
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.84
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
2.02
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.37
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
1.94
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.19
96.19
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.28
8.28
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gene Collins and Lance Cormier

Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
20
342.86
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
3283.02
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
35
600
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
31
531.43
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
532.08
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
137.14
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
5
56.6
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
85.71
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
4
45.28
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.14
70.92
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.75
8.51
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
188.57
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
205.71
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
79.25
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.343
0.343
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.698
0.698
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.652
0.652
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
85.71
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.3
73.77
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.91
-10.3
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
17
192.45
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.12
3.12
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA