Tex Covington vs. Joe Neale — Career Comparison

Tex Covington
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Neale
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Tex Covington built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Neale as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tex Covington posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.1 and WHIP 1.463 compared to 4.59 and 1.344 for Joe Neale. By the career numbers, Tex Covington had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tex Covington and Joe Neale

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.9
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.23
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.92
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.99
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.61
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.47
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.31
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.47
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.39
48.39
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.65
80.65
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.83
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
4.1
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
4.59
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
441
27
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
9
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227.2
9
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
9.31
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
9.21
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.31
9.31
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.21
9.21
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.47
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
3.86
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.89
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.94
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
2.29
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.87
1.87
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.755
0.755
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.575
0.575
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.23
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.8
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.55
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
622
38.08
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
993
39.25
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.65
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
6.8
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.8
6.8
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.463
1.463
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.344
1.344
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
33.43
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
906
35.82
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.25
39.25

Fielding Stats for Tex Covington and Joe Neale

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.28
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
720
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
9
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.1
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.74
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.55
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.15
93.15
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.258
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Neale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tex Covington and Joe Neale

Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
357.69
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
173.68
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
52
600
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
47
542.31
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
552.63
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Joe Neale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Joe Neale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.336
0.336
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
92.31
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
47.37
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Joe Neale
Career
Per 600 PA
7
36.84
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Joe Neale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.26
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.26
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
10.53
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.47
28.45
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.34
17.56
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
103.85
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
73.68
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
150
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
94.74
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Neale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Joe Neale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Joe Neale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.291
0.291
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Joe Neale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.359
0.359
Joe Neale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Joe Neale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
68.42
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
3
34.62
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
52.63
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
10
115.38
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
115.79
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
28.9
Joe Neale
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-0.58
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Neale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
47.37
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Neale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
126.92
Joe Neale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
63.16
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
4.73
4.73
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.5
9.5
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
0.45
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Neale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Neale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Neale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.53
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Neale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.53
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Neale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100