Tex Covington vs. Harry Eisenstat — Career Comparison

Tex Covington
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Eisenstat
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tex Covington built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Eisenstat as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Eisenstat posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.387 compared to 4.1 and 1.463 for Tex Covington. By the career numbers, Harry Eisenstat had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tex Covington and Harry Eisenstat

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.9
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.1
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.92
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.6
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.61
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.31
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.08
48.08
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.39
48.39
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.39
19.39
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.21
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.26
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
4.1
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.84
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
441
27
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1436
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
9
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
478.2
9
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
9.31
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
550
10.34
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.31
9.31
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.34
10.34
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.56
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
3.86
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
2.14
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
2.94
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.95
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.55
1.55
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.755
0.755
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.566
0.566
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.8
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
622
38.08
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2064
38.81
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.65
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
4.65
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
4.55
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.463
1.463
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.387
1.387
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
33.43
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1946
36.59
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Tex Covington and Harry Eisenstat

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.39
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.258
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.679
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Tex Covington and Harry Eisenstat

Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
31
357.69
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
165
697.18
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
52
600
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
142
600
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
542.31
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
519.72
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.471
0.471
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.542
0.542
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
8
92.31
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
109.86
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
7
80.77
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
105.63
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.23
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.23
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
2.47
28.45
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
31.68
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
9
103.85
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
114.08
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
13
150
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
152.11
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.359
0.359
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
46.48
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
16.9
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
63.38
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
28.9
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.21
38.93
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
42.25
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
126.92
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
39
164.79
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.73
4.73
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
3.64
3.64
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
38.03
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA