Mike Couchee vs. Brandon Morrow — Career Comparison

Mike Couchee
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Brandon Morrow
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Brandon Morrow 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. Brandon Morrow posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.327 compared to 5.14 and 1.357 for Mike Couchee. By the career numbers, Brandon Morrow had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Couchee and Brandon Morrow

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
3.5
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
1.18
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.53
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.45
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.26
54.26
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.83
33.83
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.42
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.96
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
0.237
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2577
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
859
9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
761
7.97
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.92
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.86
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
368
3.86
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.12
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.21
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
877
9.19
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.19
9.19
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.449
1.449
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.42
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.28
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
40.5
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3653
38.27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
1
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
4.25
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.18
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.28
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.52
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.314
1.314
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
36
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3214
33.67
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.27
38.27

Fielding Stats for Mike Couchee and Brandon Morrow

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
3.5
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
1.18
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2577
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
859
9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.43
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.63
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
1.1
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
1.06
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.19
96.19
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.83
33.83
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Couchee and Brandon Morrow

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
8
2400
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
334
8016
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
600
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
576
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0.11
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.018
0.018
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.25
-54.02
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
15
360
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.67
1.67
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA