Mike Couchee vs. Woody Williams — Career Comparison

Mike Couchee
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Woody Williams
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Woody Williams 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. Woody Williams posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.19 and WHIP 1.339 compared to 5.14 and 1.357 for Mike Couchee. By the career numbers, Woody Williams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Couchee and Woody Williams

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
1.72
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.34
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.54
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.47
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.23
53.23
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.83
77.83
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1031
4.19
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6649
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2216.1
9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2217
9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.25
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.86
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
2.89
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.16
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.21
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1480
6.01
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.989
0.989
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.24
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.29
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
40.5
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9475
38.48
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.14
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1096
4.45
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.36
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.26
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.54
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.321
1.321
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
36
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8539
34.67
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.48
38.48

Fielding Stats for Mike Couchee and Woody Williams

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
1.72
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.34
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6649
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2216.1
9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.65
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
1.02
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.07
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
1.74
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
1.67
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.8
95.8
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.969
0.969
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.83
77.83
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.09
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Couchee and Woody Williams

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
2400
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
443
430.79
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
617
600
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
540
525.12
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.547
0.547
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
105
102.11
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
72.93
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
24.31
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.89
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
29.17
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33.53
32.61
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
140.03
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
127
123.5
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.489
0.489
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.072
0.072
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
50.57
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
41.82
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
88.49
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31.45
30.58
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.86
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
16.53
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
183
177.96
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.37
3.37
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
43.76
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
9.72
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.92
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.94
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50