Dennis Cook vs. Mickey Haefner — Career Comparison

Dennis Cook
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mickey Haefner
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mickey Haefner built a career as a starting pitcher and Dennis Cook as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mickey Haefner posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.5 and WHIP 1.358 compared to 3.91 and 1.373 for Dennis Cook. By the career numbers, Mickey Haefner had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dennis Cook and Mickey Haefner

Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
5.92
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
1.6
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.63
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
1.1
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.57
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.48
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.41
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.56
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.18
58.18
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.68
10.68
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.58
68.58
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.56
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
440
3.91
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
3.5
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
3035
27
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4400
27
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
1011.2
9
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1466.2
9
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
950
8.45
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1414
8.68
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.68
8.68
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
1.16
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.47
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
3.47
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Innings
577
3.54
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.44
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
6.57
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Innings
508
3.12
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.57
6.57
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.116
1.116
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.2
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.12
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.28
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.24
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.14
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
4298
38.24
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6322
38.79
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
1.03
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.29
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
4.32
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
666
4.09
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.33
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.34
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.57
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.325
1.325
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
3802
33.82
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5706
35.01
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.24
38.24
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.79
38.79

Fielding Stats for Dennis Cook and Mickey Haefner

Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
5.92
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.63
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3035
27
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1011.2
9
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.36
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
1.03
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
1.47
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
351
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
1.39
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
340
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.55
94.55
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.87
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.303
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.68
10.68
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dennis Cook and Mickey Haefner

Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
669
3290.16
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 600 PA
262
291.11
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
122
600
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
540
600
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
540.98
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
448
497.78
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.548
0.548
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
142.62
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
93.33
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
118.03
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
82.22
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.84
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
10
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.92
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.11
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.84
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.59
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
11.11
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10.22
50.24
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24.01
26.67
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
191.8
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
105.56
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
157.38
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
134
148.89
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.481
0.481
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
73.77
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
31.11
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
44.26
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
26.67
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
108.2
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
57.78
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11.72
57.65
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27.58
30.64
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
3
14.75
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
55.56
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
63.93
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 600 PA
80
88.89
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.38
9.38
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 600 PA
6.75
6.75
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.63
0.63
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.26
Mickey Haefner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
46.67
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.75
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 600 PA
14
15.56
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
Mickey Haefner
Career
Per 600 PA