Mort Cooper vs. Lance McCullers — Career Comparison

Mort Cooper
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherMVPAll-Star
Lance McCullers
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mort Cooper built a career as a starting pitcher and Lance McCullers as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mort Cooper posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.97 and WHIP 1.215 compared to 3.25 and 1.370 for Lance McCullers. By the career numbers, Mort Cooper had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mort Cooper and Lance McCullers

Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
295
1.44
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
5.23
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
1.17
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.63
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.48
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.37
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.05
63.05
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.46
47.46
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.02
81.02
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.63
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.16
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.07
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.67
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
607
2.97
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
3.25
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.236
0.236
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5522
27
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1579
27
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1840.2
9
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
526.1
9
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1666
8.15
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
7.3
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.15
8.15
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.3
7.3
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.42
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.8
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
2.79
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
4.31
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.72
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
4.46
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
7.56
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.56
7.56
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.806
0.806
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.36
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7648
37.4
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2221
37.98
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.19
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
2.65
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.44
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
3.74
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.27
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7049
34.47
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1912
32.69
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.38
2.38
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.4
37.4
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.98
37.98

Fielding Stats for Mort Cooper and Lance McCullers

Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
295
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
5.23
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1579
27
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
526.1
9
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.56
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
270
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.15
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.88
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.71
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.24
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.91
90.91
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.085
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.327
0.327
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mort Cooper and Lance McCullers

Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
297
247.16
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
312
3172.88
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
721
600
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
59
600
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
654
544.24
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
48
488.14
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.509
0.509
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.447
0.447
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
105.69
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
50.85
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
87.38
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
30.51
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
13.31
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.34
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.99
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
18.31
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.34
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.63
28.82
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
1.73
17.63
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
161
133.98
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
7
71.19
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
125.66
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
101.69
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.469
0.469
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.335
0.335
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
41.61
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
56.59
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
40.68
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
93.2
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
9
91.53
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32.29
26.87
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
6.14
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.83
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
19.14
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
118
98.2
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
233.9
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.11
6.11
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
35.78
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
61.02
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
14
11.65
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100