Mike Cosgrove vs. Leo Townsend — Career Comparison

Mike Cosgrove
Baby BoomersArizonaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Leo Townsend
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Leo Townsend 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. Leo Townsend posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.81 and WHIP 0.974 compared to 4.03 and 1.544 for Mike Cosgrove. By the career numbers, Leo Townsend had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Cosgrove and Leo Townsend

Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
3.9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.81
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.66
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.7
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.39
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.7
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.36
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.05
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.17
52.17
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.81
16.81
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.26
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
4.03
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.81
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
824
27
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
27
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274.2
9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.2
9
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
8.88
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
7.01
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.43
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
4.75
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.75
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
4
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.972
0.972
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.195
0.195
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.52
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1207
39.55
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
33.66
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
1.18
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.1
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
4.33
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.81
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.62
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.49
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.08
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.515
1.515
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.974
0.974
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1025
33.59
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
31.91
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.55
39.55
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.66
33.66

Fielding Stats for Mike Cosgrove and Leo Townsend

Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
3.89
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.65
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
826
27
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275.1
9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.16
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.27
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.5
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.44
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.25
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16.81
16.81
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.16
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Cosgrove and Leo Townsend

Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
1020
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
600
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
480
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
6
450
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
42.86
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
34.29
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.57
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.57
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.85
7.25
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
24.79
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
51.43
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
77.14
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
17.14
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.57
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
25.71
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.92
-7.91
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
32.22
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
34.29
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
120
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
225
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Mike Cosgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
85.71
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cosgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA