Mike Couchee vs. Dick Drott — Career Comparison

Mike Couchee
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Drott
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Drott 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. Dick Drott posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.78 and WHIP 1.515 compared to 5.14 and 1.357 for Mike Couchee. By the career numbers, Dick Drott had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Couchee and Dick Drott

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
2.3
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.32
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.35
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.6
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.99
36.99
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.39
57.39
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.18
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
4.78
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.236
0.236
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2063
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
687.2
9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
626
8.19
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.19
8.19
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
1.1
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.86
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
405
5.3
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.3
5.3
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.21
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
460
6.02
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.02
6.02
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.258
1.258
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.5
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.3
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
40.5
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3078
40.28
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.42
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
420
5.5
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.499
1.499
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
36
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2650
34.68
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.28
40.28

Fielding Stats for Mike Couchee and Dick Drott

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
2.3
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.32
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2063
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
687.2
9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.31
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.26
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.65
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.57
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.24
95.24
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.682
0.682
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.39
57.39
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Couchee and Dick Drott

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
2400
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
176
495.77
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
213
600
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
569.01
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
95.77
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
92.96
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.82
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.82
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.69
16.04
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
101.41
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
112.68
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.371
0.371
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
33.8
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.72
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
53.52
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.42
9.65
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16.9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
66
185.92
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.23
3.23
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Drott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.08
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
5
14.08
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Drott
Career
Per 600 PA