Mike Couchee vs. Rocky Ellis — Career Comparison

Mike Couchee
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rocky Ellis
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Rocky Ellis 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. Rocky Ellis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.9 and WHIP 1.406 compared to 5.14 and 1.357 for Mike Couchee. By the career numbers, Rocky Ellis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Couchee and Rocky Ellis

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
1.81
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.04
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.52
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.54
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.98
48.98
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.52
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
4.9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1250
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416.2
9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
460
9.94
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.94
9.94
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.67
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.86
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.72
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.21
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
4.08
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.786
0.786
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.756
0.756
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.13
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
40.5
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1839
39.72
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
5.77
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.77
5.77
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.32
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.71
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.406
1.406
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
36
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1646
35.55
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.72
39.72

Fielding Stats for Mike Couchee and Rocky Ellis

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
1.75
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1514
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
504.2
9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.59
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.75
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
2.46
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
2.34
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.93
94.93
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Couchee and Rocky Ellis

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
2400
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
108
319.21
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
203
600
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
532.02
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.451
0.451
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
85.71
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
79.8
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.96
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.96
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.91
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.76
22.93
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
97.54
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
124.14
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.401
0.401
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
85.71
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
26.6
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
109.36
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.52
22.22
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
38.42
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.82
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50.75
50.75
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
29.56
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Rocky Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA