Tex Covington vs. Cinders O'Brien — Career Comparison

Tex Covington
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cinders O'Brien
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston RedsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Tex Covington built a career as a starting pitcher and Cinders O'Brien as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cinders O'Brien posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.68 and WHIP 1.485 compared to 4.1 and 1.463 for Tex Covington. By the career numbers, Cinders O'Brien had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tex Covington and Cinders O'Brien

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.9
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
1.13
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.92
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.05
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.61
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.49
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.31
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.58
47.58
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.39
48.39
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.65
92.65
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.94
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
4.1
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
3.68
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
441
27
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3242
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
9
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1080.2
9
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
9.31
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
1119
9.32
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.31
9.31
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.32
9.32
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.3
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.86
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
4.05
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
2.94
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
3.31
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.755
0.755
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.818
0.818
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.8
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.8
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.62
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
622
38.08
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4898
40.79
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.65
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
746
6.21
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.463
1.463
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.485
1.485
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
33.43
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4337
36.12
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.79
40.79

Fielding Stats for Tex Covington and Cinders O'Brien

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.15
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3270
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1090
9
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.5
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.89
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.18
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
2.58
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.39
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.95
92.95
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.258
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.086
2.086
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tex Covington and Cinders O'Brien

Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
357.69
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
140
167.33
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
52
600
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
600
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
47
542.31
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
473
565.34
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.471
0.471
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.509
0.509
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
8
92.31
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
119.52
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
7
80.77
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
113.55
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
4.78
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
5.98
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
2.47
28.45
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.83
34.46
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
9
103.85
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
126.69
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
13
150
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
154.18
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.481
0.481
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.359
0.359
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
68.13
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
3
34.62
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
51.39
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
10
115.38
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
119.52
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
28.9
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.51
40.05
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.59
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
31.08
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
126.92
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PAverified
62
74.1
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
4.73
4.73
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.1
8.1
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
0.42
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.37
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.37
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
Cinders O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100