Mike Couchee vs. Robert Dean — Career Comparison

Mike Couchee
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Robert Dean
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis ABCsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Robert Dean built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Couchee as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Robert Dean posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.34 and WHIP 1.321 compared to 5.14 and 1.357 for Mike Couchee. By the career numbers, Robert Dean had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Couchee and Robert Dean

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.68
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.12
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.7
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Robert Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.56
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.42
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Robert Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
4.34
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Robert Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Robert Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64.1
9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Robert Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
8.67
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Robert Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.67
8.67
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Robert Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.86
Robert Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.22
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.21
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
4.9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.902
0.902
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Robert Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Robert Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.7
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
40.5
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282
39.45
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Robert Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
6.02
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Robert Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Robert Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.12
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.42
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Robert Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.321
1.321
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
36
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
34.41
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Robert Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Robert Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Robert Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.45
39.45

Fielding Stats for Mike Couchee and Robert Dean

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.68
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.12
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64.1
9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Robert Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.96
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Robert Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.38
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.1
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Robert Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.24
88.24
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Couchee and Robert Dean

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
2400
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
257.14
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
600
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
535.71
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Robert Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Robert Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
64.29
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
64.29
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.58
12.33
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
64.29
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
107.14
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Robert Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Robert Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Robert Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Robert Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Robert Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Robert Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Robert Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
4.83
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Robert Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
2
42.86
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Robert Dean
Career
Per 600 PA