Mike Cosgrove vs. Walter Johnson — Career Comparison

Mike Cosgrove
Baby BoomersArizonaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Walter Johnson
Lost GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVP

Walter Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Cosgrove as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Walter Johnson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.17 and WHIP 1.061 compared to 4.03 and 1.544 for Mike Cosgrove. By the career numbers, Walter Johnson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Cosgrove and Walter Johnson

Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
3.9
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
802
1.22
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.66
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
666
1.01
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.39
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
0.63
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.36
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
279
0.42
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.17
52.17
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.91
59.91
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.81
16.81
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.04
83.04
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
531
0.81
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.17
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.26
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.05
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
4.03
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1424
2.17
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
824
27
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17744
27
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
274.2
9
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5914.2
9
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
8.88
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4913
7.48
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.48
7.48
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.43
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.15
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
4.75
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1363
2.07
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
4
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3509
5.34
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.34
5.34
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.972
0.972
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.824
0.824
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.52
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.24
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
0.31
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1207
39.55
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23642
35.97
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.18
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
0.2
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
4.33
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1902
2.89
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.62
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.49
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.08
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.515
1.515
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1025
33.59
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22076
33.59
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.55
39.55
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.97
35.97

Fielding Stats for Mike Cosgrove and Walter Johnson

Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
3.89
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
815
7.07
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.65
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.04
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
826
27
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3114
27
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
275.1
9
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1038
9
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.16
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
2.53
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1.27
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1352
11.72
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.46
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.5
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1697
14.71
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.44
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1644
14.25
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.65
95.65
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.017
2.017
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16.81
16.81
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.72
14.72
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.16
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.62
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Cosgrove and Walter Johnson

Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PAverified
119
1020
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
933
222.41
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
70
600
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2517
600
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
56
480
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2324
553.99
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.637
0.637
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
5
42.86
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
547
130.39
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
4
34.29
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
388
92.49
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
22.41
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
9.77
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
5.72
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
159
37.9
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.85
7.25
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
225.36
53.72
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
6
51.43
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
795
189.51
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
9
77.14
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
670
159.71
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.616
0.616
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.018
0.018
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.14
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
241
57.45
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
255
60.79
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.71
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
472
112.51
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.92
-7.91
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
241.78
57.63
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
3.1
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
34.29
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
26.22
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
120
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
419
99.88
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.01
6.01
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
85.71
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
16.69
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
3.1
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
0.95
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
4.05
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.47
76.47