Tex Covington vs. Bill Drake — Career Comparison

Tex Covington
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Drake
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Bill Drake posted a stronger line than Tex Covington. Bill Drake posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.69 vs 4.1) and WHIP (1.393 vs 1.463). By the career numbers, Bill Drake had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Tex Covington and Bill Drake

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.9
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
1.36
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.92
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.05
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.61
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
0.58
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.31
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.51
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.02
53.02
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.39
48.39
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.42
77.42
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.72
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
4.1
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
506
3.69
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
441
27
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3704
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
9
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1234.2
9
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
9.31
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1298
9.46
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.31
9.31
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.46
9.46
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.21
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
3.86
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
3.08
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
2.94
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
4.05
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.755
0.755
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.792
0.792
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.8
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.23
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
38.08
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4862
35.44
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.19
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.65
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
654
4.77
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.04
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.66
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.463
1.463
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.393
1.393
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
33.43
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4267
31.1
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.44
35.44

Fielding Stats for Tex Covington and Bill Drake

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
1.52
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.14
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3358
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1119.1
9
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
3.41
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.28
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
497
4
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
3.71
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.96
92.96
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.258
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.444
2.444
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.13
75.13
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tex Covington and Bill Drake

Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
357.69
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
194
220.04
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
52
600
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
529
600
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
542.31
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
470
533.08
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.471
0.471
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
8
92.31
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
105.48
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
7
80.77
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
81.66
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
13.61
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.4
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
23.82
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
2.47
28.45
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.61
42.66
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
9
103.85
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
146.31
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
150
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
131
148.58
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.359
0.359
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.459
0.459
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
55.58
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
3
34.62
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
55.58
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
104.35
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
28.9
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39.56
44.87
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
36.29
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
11
126.92
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.54
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
4.73
4.73
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132.25
132.25
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
0.45
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
23.82
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100