Alphonso Cox vs. Bob James — Career Comparison

Alphonso Cox
Greatest GenerationFloridaThrows LeftNorth AmericaNew York Lincoln GiantsIndependentStarting Pitcher
Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Alphonso Cox built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob James as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bob James posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.8 and WHIP 1.371 compared to 5.14 and 1.634 for Alphonso Cox. By the career numbers, Bob James had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alphonso Cox and Bob James

Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.51
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.01
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.81
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.57
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
48
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.6
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.61
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
5.14
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.8
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
268
27
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.1
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
9.47
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
8.34
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.47
9.47
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.5
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.86
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
5.24
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
3.47
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
4.13
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
7.52
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.041
1.041
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
41.31
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1755
38.81
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.3
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.64
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.31
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.6
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.71
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.71
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.634
1.634
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
34.66
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1533
33.9
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.31
41.31
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Alphonso Cox and Bob James

Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.51
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.01
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
268
27
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.1
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.62
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.42
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1.04
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.62
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
1.95
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.52
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.66
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.15
96.15
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.23
85.23
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.667
1.667
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alphonso Cox and Bob James

Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
15
243.24
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
7971.43
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
600
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
567.57
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.527
0.527
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
129.73
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
113.51
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.19
35.54
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.69
19.6
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
145.95
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
145.95
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.507
0.507
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
48.65
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
97.3
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.6
42.09
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
14.28
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
1.4
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alphonso Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alphonso Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA