Mike Couchee vs. Amos Watson — Career Comparison

Mike Couchee
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Amos Watson
Greatest GenerationFloridaThrows RightNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Amos Watson 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. Amos Watson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.17 and WHIP 1.433 compared to 5.14 and 1.357 for Mike Couchee. By the career numbers, Amos Watson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Couchee and Amos Watson

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.69
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.06
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.7
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Amos Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.35
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.63
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amos Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Amos Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.17
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Amos Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Amos Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
383
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127.2
9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Amos Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
8.46
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Amos Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.46
8.46
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Amos Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.86
Amos Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
4.44
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Amos Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.21
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
4.79
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.026
1.026
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Amos Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Amos Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.56
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
40.5
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
560
39.48
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.35
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Amos Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
4.23
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Amos Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.56
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.92
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Amos Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.433
1.433
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
36
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
481
33.91
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Amos Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Amos Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Amos Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.48
39.48

Fielding Stats for Mike Couchee and Amos Watson

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.69
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.06
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
383
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127.2
9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.42
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.33
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Amos Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.96
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.75
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Amos Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.625
1.625
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amos Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amos Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amos Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amos Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amos Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Couchee and Amos Watson

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
2400
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
283.02
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
577.36
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
1.25
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.4
-38.54
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Amos Watson
Career
Per 600 PA