Mort Cooper vs. Jim Todd — Career Comparison

Mort Cooper
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherMVPAll-Star
Jim Todd
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mort Cooper built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Todd 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 4.23 and 1.587 for Jim Todd. 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 Jim Todd

Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
295
1.44
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
4.76
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
1.17
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.63
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.44
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.37
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.41
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.05
63.05
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.08
52.08
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.02
81.02
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.63
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.16
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.07
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
607
2.97
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
4.23
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5522
27
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1533
27
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1840.2
9
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
511
9
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1666
8.15
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
9.53
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.15
8.15
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.53
9.53
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.42
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.6
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
2.79
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
4.21
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.55
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
913
4.46
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
3.42
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.806
0.806
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.847
0.847
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.3
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.28
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7648
37.4
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2249
39.61
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.19
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
2.1
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.44
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
4.98
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.37
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.3
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.23
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.526
1.526
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7049
34.47
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1956
34.45
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.38
2.38
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.4
37.4
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61

Fielding Stats for Mort Cooper and Jim Todd

Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
295
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
4.76
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1533
27
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
9
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.72
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
270
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.94
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.77
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
2.66
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.24
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.18
96.18
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.085
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.559
0.559
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.16
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mort Cooper and Jim Todd

Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
297
247.16
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
270
8526.32
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
721
600
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
654
544.24
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
17
536.84
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.509
0.509
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
105.69
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
87.38
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
13.31
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.99
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
18.31
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.63
28.82
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.21
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
161
133.98
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
125.66
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.469
0.469
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.61
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
56.59
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
93.2
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32.29
26.87
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.38
-43.55
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.83
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
19.14
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
118
98.2
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
221.05
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.11
6.11
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
2.71
2.71
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
35.78
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
11.65
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA