Rollin Cook vs. Jim LaMarque — Career Comparison

Rollin Cook
Lost GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim LaMarque
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim LaMarque built a career as a starting pitcher and Rollin Cook as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim LaMarque posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.46 and WHIP 1.255 compared to 7.24 and 1.829 for Rollin Cook. By the career numbers, Jim LaMarque had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rollin Cook and Jim LaMarque

Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.29
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
1.27
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.02
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.65
Rollin Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.32
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.31
67.31
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.88
80.88
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.69
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Rollin Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
7.24
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
3.46
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.24
7.24
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
27
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1451
27
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.2
9
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
483.2
9
Rollin Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
10.54
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
8.82
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.54
10.54
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Rollin Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.15
Rollin Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Rollin Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Rollin Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
5.93
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
2.47
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
4.61
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
5.73
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.73
5.73
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Rollin Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.171
1.171
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.912
0.912
Rollin Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.66
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Rollin Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.66
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.43
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
44.78
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2061
38.35
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.63
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Rollin Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
9.22
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
4.43
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.22
9.22
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Rollin Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.6
Rollin Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.99
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.829
1.829
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.255
1.255
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
38.2
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1871
34.82
Rollin Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Rollin Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.78
44.78
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.35
38.35

Fielding Stats for Rollin Cook and Jim LaMarque

Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.43
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.98
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1677
27
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
9
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.72
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
2.61
Rollin Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
3.46
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
3.33
Rollin Cook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.28
96.28
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.326
2.326
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.54
68.54
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rollin Cook and Jim LaMarque

Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
750
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
246.77
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
600
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
228
551.61
Rollin Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.621
0.621
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
123.39
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
89.52
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.77
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.84
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.26
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
33.87
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
34.02
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.48
51.97
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
176.61
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
159.68
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Rollin Cook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
91.94
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
84.68
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
169.35
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
45.21
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.97
55.56
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.84
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
31.45
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
12.1
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.26
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.26
Rollin Cook
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100