Steve Cooke vs. Harry Fanok — Career Comparison

Steve Cooke
Gen XHawaiiThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Fanok
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Steve Cooke built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Fanok as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Steve Cooke posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.31 and WHIP 1.454 compared to 5.4 and 1.620 for Harry Fanok. By the career numbers, Steve Cooke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Cooke and Harry Fanok

Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
1.7
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.32
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.44
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.54
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.59
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.94
41.94
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
4.31
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.4
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1649
27
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
27
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
549.2
9
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.1
9
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
585
9.58
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
7.83
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.58
9.58
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.81
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
3.13
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
6.48
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.38
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
5.49
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
9.45
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.45
9.45
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.77
1.77
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.25
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.81
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.54
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2383
39.02
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
41.58
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.35
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
4.78
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
5.94
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.65
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.25
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.75
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.412
1.412
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2119
34.7
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
34.83
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.02
39.02
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.58
41.58

Fielding Stats for Steve Cooke and Harry Fanok

Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
1.7
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.32
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.44
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1649
27
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
27
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
549.2
9
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.1
9
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.33
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.54
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.18
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.08
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.54
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
1.59
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.16
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
1.51
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.62
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.85
94.85
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.885
0.885
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Cooke and Harry Fanok

Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
323.32
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
1600
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
193
600
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
171
531.61
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
74.61
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
62.18
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
12.44
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
12.44
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.22
10
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
90.41
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
87.05
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
77.72
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
24.87
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
21.76
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
46.63
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.37
-4.25
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.94
93.53
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.11
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
146.11
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.11
4.11
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
62.18
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.11
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
5
15.54
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Cooke
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA