Dennis Cook vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Dennis Cook
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Matthews 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. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 3.91 and 1.373 for Dennis Cook. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dennis Cook and Dick Matthews

Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
5.92
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.63
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.57
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.41
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.18
58.18
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.68
10.68
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
440
3.91
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3035
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1011.2
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
950
8.45
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.45
8.45
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
1.16
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
390
3.47
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.44
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
6.57
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
4.79
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.57
6.57
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.116
1.116
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.2
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.28
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.14
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4298
38.24
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
1.03
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
4.32
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.33
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.34
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.57
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.4
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.325
1.325
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3802
33.82
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.24
38.24
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Dennis Cook and Dick Matthews

Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
5.92
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.63
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3035
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1011.2
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.36
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
1.03
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
1.47
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
1.39
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.55
94.55
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.235
0.235
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.68
10.68
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dennis Cook and Dick Matthews

Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
669
3290.16
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
122
600
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
540.98
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
39
520
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.544
0.544
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
142.62
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
8
106.67
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
118.03
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
7
93.33
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
9.84
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.92
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.84
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.59
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.22
50.24
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2.46
32.74
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
191.8
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
9
120
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
157.38
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
11
146.67
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.493
0.493
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
73.77
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
44.26
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
108.2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.72
57.65
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
38.51
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
3
14.75
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
13
63.93
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
9.38
9.38
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dennis Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
44.26
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
3
14.75
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA