Mike Couchee vs. Cole Irvin — Career Comparison

Mike Couchee
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cole Irvin
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cole Irvin 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. Cole Irvin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.54 and WHIP 1.319 compared to 5.14 and 1.357 for Mike Couchee. By the career numbers, Cole Irvin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Couchee and Cole Irvin

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
2.03
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.41
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.42
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.61
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.18
41.18
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.4
69.4
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
4.54
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
593
9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
635
9.64
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.64
9.64
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
1.29
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.86
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
2.16
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.21
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
6.59
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.59
6.59
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.971
0.971
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.17
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.49
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
40.5
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2540
38.55
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.18
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
4.99
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.26
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.77
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
36
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2342
35.54
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Mike Couchee and Cole Irvin

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
2.03
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.41
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
593
9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.36
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.76
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
1.18
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.12
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.87
94.87
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.552
0.552
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.4
69.4
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Couchee and Cole Irvin

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
8
2400
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134
5360
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
600
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
440
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
0.6
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
80
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
80
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.72
28.85
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
80
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
160
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.49
0.49
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.444
0.444
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.99
39.6
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
160
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.75
3.75
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA