Mike Couchee vs. Danny Duffy — Career Comparison

Mike Couchee
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny Duffy
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny Duffy 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. Danny Duffy posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.95 and WHIP 1.321 compared to 5.14 and 1.357 for Mike Couchee. By the career numbers, Danny Duffy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Couchee and Danny Duffy

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
1.8
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.57
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.52
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.52
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.18
87.18
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
3.95
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3517
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1172.1
9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1111
8.53
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.53
8.53
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
1.11
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.86
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.32
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.21
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1048
8.05
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.05
8.05
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.262
1.262
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.4
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
40.5
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4974
38.19
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
4.18
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.16
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.21
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.75
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.316
1.316
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
36
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4448
34.15
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.19
38.19

Fielding Stats for Mike Couchee and Danny Duffy

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
1.8
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.57
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3517
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1172.1
9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.16
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.91
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
1.17
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
1.07
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.11
92.11
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.598
0.598
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.18
87.18
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Couchee and Danny Duffy

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
8
2400
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
234
5850
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
600
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
550
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
75
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
75
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
9.15
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
75
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
75
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-4.88
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
11
275
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.18
2.18
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA