Tex Covington vs. Matt White — Career Comparison

Tex Covington
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt White
Gen XMassachusettsThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tex Covington built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt White 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 16.76 and 2.586 for Matt White. 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 Matt White

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
1.9
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
6.52
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.92
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.93
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.61
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.31
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.86
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.39
48.39
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
4.1
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
16.76
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.76
16.76
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.76
13.76
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.21
9.21
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.405
0.405
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
441
27
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
27
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
9
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
9.31
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
15.83
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.31
9.31
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.83
15.83
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.79
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.86
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
7.45
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.45
7.45
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.94
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.79
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.55
1.55
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.755
0.755
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.93
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.8
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.93
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
38.08
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
49.34
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.79
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.65
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
16.76
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.76
16.76
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.86
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.93
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.463
1.463
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.586
2.586
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
546
33.43
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
39.1
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.389
0.389
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.34
49.34

Fielding Stats for Tex Covington and Matt White

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
6.52
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.93
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.2
9
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.93
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.93
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.93
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.258
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.143
0.143
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.29
14.29
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tex Covington and Matt White

Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
357.69
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
4200
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
600
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
542.31
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
92.31
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.47
28.45
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
103.85
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
150
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.359
0.359
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
28.9
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
11
126.92
Matt White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.73
4.73
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt White
Career
Per 600 PA