Roscoe Coughlin vs. Joe McClain — Career Comparison

Roscoe Coughlin
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe McClain
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe McClain built a career as a starting pitcher and Roscoe Coughlin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roscoe Coughlin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.1 and WHIP 1.532 compared to 4.42 and 1.360 for Joe McClain. By the career numbers, Roscoe Coughlin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roscoe Coughlin and Joe McClain

Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.1
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.64
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.98
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.26
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.4
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.31
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.58
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.84
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.18
41.18
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.67
26.67
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.47
89.47
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.74
76.74
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.92
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.27
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
4.1
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
4.42
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
468
27
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
708
27
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
9
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
9
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
10.15
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
9.69
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.15
10.15
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.69
9.69
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.46
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.14
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
3.63
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
2.25
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.31
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
2.94
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
3.13
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.91
1.91
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.731
0.731
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.598
0.598
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.81
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.4
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
710
40.96
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1010
38.52
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
6.35
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
4.96
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.96
4.96
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.532
1.532
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.326
1.326
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
640
36.92
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
945
36.04
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.96
40.96
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.52
38.52

Fielding Stats for Roscoe Coughlin and Joe McClain

Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.1
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.64
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.26
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
468
27
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
708
27
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
9
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
9
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.69
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.61
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.13
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.11
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
2.94
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.75
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
2.83
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.72
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.08
96.08
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.83
97.83
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.579
2.579
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.047
1.047
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.74
76.74
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roscoe Coughlin and Joe McClain

Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
19
165.22
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
326.58
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
600
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
62
539.13
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
569.62
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.627
0.627
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.487
0.487
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
13
113.04
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
113.92
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
9
78.26
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
83.54
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.39
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
30.38
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
34.78
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
4
30.38
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.28
54.63
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
3.92
29.77
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
165.22
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
19
144.3
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
173.91
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
16
121.52
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.596
0.596
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.461
0.461
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
4
30.38
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.39
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
30.38
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
8
60.76
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
56.06
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
3.69
28.02
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
60.87
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.59
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
21
182.61
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
121.52
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
3.29
3.29
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.94
4.94
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.19
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.59
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roscoe Coughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA