Tex Covington vs. Matt Strahm — Career Comparison

Tex Covington
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt Strahm
MillenialNorth DakotaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Tex Covington built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Strahm as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Strahm posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.36 and WHIP 1.127 compared to 4.1 and 1.463 for Tex Covington. By the career numbers, Matt Strahm had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tex Covington and Matt Strahm

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.9
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
6.87
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.92
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.61
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.61
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.59
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.31
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.66
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.22
47.22
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.39
48.39
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.86
8.86
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
4.1
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
3.36
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
441
27
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1552
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
9
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
517.1
9
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
9.31
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
7.32
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.31
9.31
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.32
7.32
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.08
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
3.86
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.61
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
2.94
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
10.13
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.13
10.13
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.55
1.55
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.755
0.755
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.415
1.415
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.31
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.8
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.61
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
38.08
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2130
37.06
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.04
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
4.65
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
3.64
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.463
1.463
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.104
1.104
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
33.43
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1915
33.32
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.06
37.06

Fielding Stats for Tex Covington and Matt Strahm

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
6.87
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.59
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1552
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517.1
9
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.43
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.64
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.17
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.08
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.54
92.54
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.258
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.157
0.157
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.61
8.61
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tex Covington and Matt Strahm

Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
31
357.69
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
396
6788.57
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
600
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
35
600
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
542.31
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
29
497.14
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.471
0.471
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
92.31
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
4
68.57
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
34.29
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
34.29
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.47
28.45
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.17
37.26
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
103.85
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
137.14
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
150
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
8
137.14
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.534
0.534
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.359
0.359
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.435
0.435
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
2
34.29
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.5
28.9
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.17
37.22
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
2
34.29
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
126.92
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
16
274.29
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.73
4.73
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
2.19
2.19
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA