Mike Couchee vs. Rollie Naylor — Career Comparison

Mike Couchee
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rollie Naylor
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rollie Naylor 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. Rollie Naylor posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.93 and WHIP 1.503 compared to 5.14 and 1.357 for Mike Couchee. By the career numbers, Rollie Naylor had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Couchee and Rollie Naylor

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
1.61
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.21
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.37
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.74
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.6
33.6
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.14
75.14
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.6
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
3.93
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3033
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1011
9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1174
10.45
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.45
10.45
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.3
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.86
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
346
3.08
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.21
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282
2.51
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.786
0.786
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.621
0.621
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.2
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.15
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
40.5
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4381
39
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.25
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
5.2
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.504
1.504
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
36
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4018
35.77
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
39

Fielding Stats for Mike Couchee and Rollie Naylor

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
27
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
9
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.04
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.74
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Couchee and Rollie Naylor

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
2400
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
183
310.17
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
354
600
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
328
555.93
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.456
0.456
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
98.31
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
84.75
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.17
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.69
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.69
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
13.56
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.63
26.5
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
116.95
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
127.12
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.428
0.428
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
42.37
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.03
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
62.71
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.96
23.66
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.39
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
25.42
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
120
203.39
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.95
2.95
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
15.25
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA