Chet Covington vs. Hub Pruett — Career Comparison

Chet Covington
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Hub Pruett
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Hub Pruett built a career as a starting pitcher and Chet Covington as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Hub Pruett posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.63 and WHIP 1.627 compared to 4.66 and 1.397 for Chet Covington. By the career numbers, Hub Pruett had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chet Covington and Hub Pruett

Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
4.42
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
2.55
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.83
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.35
Chet Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.58
Chet Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.66
37.66
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.7
32.7
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.34
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.16
Chet Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
4.66
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
4.63
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Chet Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Chet Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
27
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2235
27
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
9
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
745
9
Chet Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
10.71
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
816
9.86
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.71
10.71
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.86
9.86
Chet Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.34
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Chet Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Chet Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.86
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
396
4.78
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.03
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
4.31
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.543
0.543
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.011
1.011
Chet Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Chet Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.45
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
168
39.1
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3395
41.01
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.33
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
0.95
Chet Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
5.12
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
468
5.65
Chet Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.12
5.12
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.397
1.397
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.627
1.627
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
37.24
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2962
35.78
Chet Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.16
1.16
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Chet Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.1
39.1
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.01
41.01

Fielding Stats for Chet Covington and Hub Pruett

Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
Chet Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
Chet Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.25
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.421
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.166
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Chet Covington and Hub Pruett

Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
1900
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
506.4
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
600
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
508.8
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.508
0.508
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
86.4
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
72
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
12
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
14.4
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.3
27.13
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
103.2
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
136.8
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.447
0.447
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.362
0.362
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.6
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
28.8
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
50.4
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.63
-63.2
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.55
27.72
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
50.4
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
124.8
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.81
4.81
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.8
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Chet Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0