Mike Couchee vs. Greg Mathews — Career Comparison

Mike Couchee
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Greg Mathews
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Greg Mathews 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. Greg Mathews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.08 and WHIP 1.379 compared to 5.14 and 1.357 for Mike Couchee. By the career numbers, Greg Mathews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Couchee and Greg Mathews

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
1.63
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.47
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.49
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.58
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.9
45.9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.32
90.32
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
4.08
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1542
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
491
8.6
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.86
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
3.54
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.28
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.21
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
4.39
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.881
0.881
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
40.5
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156
37.75
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
4.32
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.4
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.16
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.93
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.348
1.348
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
36
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1915
33.53
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.75
37.75

Fielding Stats for Mike Couchee and Greg Mathews

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
1.63
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.47
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1542
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.44
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.77
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.65
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.07
93.07
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.011
1.011
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.32
90.32
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Couchee and Greg Mathews

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
2400
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
298.41
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
189
600
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
514.29
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
69.84
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
63.49
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.35
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.35
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.69
11.72
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
76.19
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
98.41
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
28.57
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.87
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
44.44
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.68
2.16
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.52
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
19.05
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
60
190.48
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.15
3.15
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
57.14
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
4
12.7
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA