Tex Covington vs. Mike Fyhrie — Career Comparison

Tex Covington
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Fyhrie
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAnaheim AngelsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tex Covington built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Fyhrie as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Fyhrie posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4 and WHIP 1.460 compared to 4.1 and 1.463 for Tex Covington. By the career numbers, Mike Fyhrie had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tex Covington and Mike Fyhrie

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.9
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
4.31
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.92
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.56
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.61
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.31
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.56
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.39
48.39
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.1
13.1
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
4.1
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
4
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
441
27
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
9
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175.1
9
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
9.31
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
9.39
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.31
9.31
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.39
9.39
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.82
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
3.86
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
3.44
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.31
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
2.94
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.6
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.6
5.6
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.55
1.55
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.755
0.755
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.004
1.004
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.8
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.21
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
622
38.08
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
762
39.11
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.98
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
4.65
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
4.21
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.21
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.72
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.463
1.463
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.426
1.426
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
33.43
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
685
35.16
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.11
39.11

Fielding Stats for Tex Covington and Mike Fyhrie

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
4.31
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.56
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175.1
9
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.46
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.03
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.49
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.49
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.258
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.345
0.345
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.1
13.1
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tex Covington and Mike Fyhrie

Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
31
357.69
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
25200
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
600
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
542.31
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
92.31
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.47
28.45
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
103.85
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
150
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.359
0.359
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
28.9
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
11
126.92
Mike Fyhrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.73
4.73
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Fyhrie
Career
Per 600 PA