Mike Couchee vs. Joe Decker — Career Comparison

Mike Couchee
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Decker
Baby BoomersIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Decker 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. Joe Decker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.17 and WHIP 1.531 compared to 5.14 and 1.357 for Mike Couchee. By the career numbers, Joe Decker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Couchee and Joe Decker

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
1.93
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.33
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.46
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.56
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.08
69.08
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.24
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
4.17
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2130
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
710
9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
702
8.9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.74
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.86
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
377
4.78
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.21
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
5.81
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.81
5.81
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.176
1.176
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.47
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
40.5
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3125
39.61
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.27
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
4.6
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.42
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.32
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.66
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.52
1.52
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
36
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2679
33.96
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61

Fielding Stats for Mike Couchee and Joe Decker

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
1.92
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.33
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2133
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
711
9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.73
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.1
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
1.94
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.84
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.77
94.77
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.954
0.954
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.08
69.08
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Couchee and Joe Decker

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
2400
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
1669.09
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
600
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
501.82
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.573
0.573
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
87.27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
54.55
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.82
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.91
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
32.73
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.36
36.71
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
141.82
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
120
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.507
0.507
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
54.55
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
32.73
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
76.36
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.88
31.38
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
32.73
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
22
240
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
65.45
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA