Mike Couchee vs. Fred Norman — Career Comparison

Mike Couchee
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Norman
Silent GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Norman 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. Fred Norman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.64 and WHIP 1.384 compared to 5.14 and 1.357 for Mike Couchee. By the career numbers, Fred Norman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Couchee and Fred Norman

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
1.87
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
1.24
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.48
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.48
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.24
50.24
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.5
66.5
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.26
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
784
3.64
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.246
0.246
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5819
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1939.2
9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1790
8.31
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
0.87
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.86
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
815
3.78
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.37
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.21
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
6.05
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.05
6.05
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.092
1.092
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.41
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.11
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.06
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
40.5
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8279
38.41
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.19
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
864
4.01
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
0.47
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.25
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.5
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.343
1.343
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
36
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7285
33.8
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.14
2.14
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.41
38.41

Fielding Stats for Mike Couchee and Fred Norman

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
1.87
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
1.24
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5820
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1940
9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.3
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.08
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.12
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.49
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
1.37
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.93
91.93
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.735
0.735
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.5
66.5
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.06
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Couchee and Fred Norman

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
2400
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
409
364.09
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
674
600
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
574
510.98
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
64.09
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
60.53
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.56
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.56
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.81
11.4
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
67.66
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
97.03
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
25.82
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
24.04
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
49.85
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.79
2.48
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
32.94
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
177
157.57
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.81
3.81
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
55.19
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.89
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
5.34
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA