Mike Couchee vs. Ken McBride — Career Comparison

Mike Couchee
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ken McBride
Silent GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ken McBride 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. Ken McBride posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.79 and WHIP 1.347 compared to 5.14 and 1.357 for Mike Couchee. By the career numbers, Ken McBride had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Couchee and Ken McBride

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
1.68
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.36
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.45
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.56
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.79
80.79
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.31
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
3.79
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.235
0.235
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2423
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
807.2
9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
717
7.99
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.99
7.99
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.84
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.86
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
363
4.04
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.21
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
5.61
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.072
1.072
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.28
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.55
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
40.5
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3467
38.63
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.17
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
4.32
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.337
1.337
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
36
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3055
34.04
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.63
38.63

Fielding Stats for Mike Couchee and Ken McBride

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
1.68
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.36
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2423
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
807.2
9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.87
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
2.06
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.1
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.03
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
2.93
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.69
96.69
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.742
1.742
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.79
80.79
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.21
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Couchee and Ken McBride

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
2400
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
160
328.77
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
292
600
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
264
542.47
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ken McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ken McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0.432
0.432
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
78.08
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
51.37
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
22.6
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.05
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.05
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
26.71
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.06
20.66
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
110.96
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
102.74
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ken McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ken McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ken McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Ken McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ken McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ken McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
41.1
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
24.66
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
63.7
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.28
8.8
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.05
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
22.6
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
102
209.59
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.86
2.86
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
26.71
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.16
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.22
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken McBride
Career
Per 600 PA