Tex Covington vs. Jon Warden — Career Comparison

Tex Covington
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jon Warden
Baby BoomersOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tex Covington built a career as a starting pitcher and Jon Warden as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jon Warden posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.62 and WHIP 1.259 compared to 4.1 and 1.463 for Tex Covington. By the career numbers, Jon Warden had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tex Covington and Jon Warden

Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
1.9
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
6.75
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.92
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.61
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.96
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.31
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.39
48.39
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.72
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
4.1
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.62
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
441
27
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
27
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
9
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.1
9
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
9.31
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
7.23
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.31
9.31
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.23
7.23
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.21
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
3.86
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.62
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.48
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
2.94
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
6.03
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.03
6.03
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.55
1.55
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.755
0.755
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.071
1.071
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.8
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
38.08
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
37.37
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.65
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
4.65
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.62
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.463
1.463
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.205
1.205
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
546
33.43
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
33.75
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.37
37.37

Fielding Stats for Tex Covington and Jon Warden

Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
6.75
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.1
9
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.48
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.72
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.48
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.258
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.071
0.071
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tex Covington and Jon Warden

Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
357.69
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
8400
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
600
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
542.31
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
92.31
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.47
28.45
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
103.85
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
150
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.359
0.359
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
28.9
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
126.92
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.73
4.73
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA