Neal Cotts vs. Bob James — Career Comparison

Neal Cotts
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

The numbers give Bob James a clear advantage over Neal Cotts across the core pitching metrics. Bob James led in home run suppression (HR9+ 113 vs 64), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 110 vs 86), and run prevention (ERA+ 111 vs 91). Bob James was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Neal Cotts and Bob James

Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
9.81
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
279
6.17
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.43
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.53
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.49
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.57
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.61
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
3.96
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.8
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.246
0.246
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1330
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443.1
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
8.22
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
8.34
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.34
8.34
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.18
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.86
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
3.94
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
3.47
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.43
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
8.55
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
7.52
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.52
7.52
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.387
1.387
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.221
1.221
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.53
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.45
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.38
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1918
38.94
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1755
38.81
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
1.71
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
4.22
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
4.29
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.3
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.85
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.71
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.351
1.351
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1674
33.98
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1533
33.9
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.94
38.94
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Neal Cotts and Bob James

Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
9.81
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
279
6.17
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1330
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443.1
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.41
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.62
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.16
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.04
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.62
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.95
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.56
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.66
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.25
96.25
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.23
85.23
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Neal Cotts and Bob James

Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
483
144900
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
279
7971.43
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
600
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
600
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
212.28
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.69
19.6
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.667
0.667
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
199.5
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
14.28
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA