Bill Cox vs. Claude Passeau — Career Comparison

Bill Cox
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Passeau
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Passeau built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Cox as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Claude Passeau posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.32 and WHIP 1.318 compared to 6.56 and 1.817 for Bill Cox. By the career numbers, Claude Passeau had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Cox and Claude Passeau

Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
3.86
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
1.47
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.93
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.1
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.54
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.5
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.18
18.18
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
24
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.55
74.55
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.62
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.07
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
6.56
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
3.32
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.56
6.56
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
27
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8159
27
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.2
9
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2719.2
9
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
10.65
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2856
9.45
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.65
10.65
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.45
9.45
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.85
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.35
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.71
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
728
2.41
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3.47
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1104
3.65
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.674
0.674
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.07
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.13
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
550
42.43
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11642
38.53
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.77
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.28
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
7.71
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1204
3.98
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.817
1.817
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.318
1.318
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
36.72
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10875
35.99
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.43
42.43
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.53
38.53

Fielding Stats for Bill Cox and Claude Passeau

Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
730
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
713
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.94
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.67
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.606
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Cox and Claude Passeau

Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PAverified
53
1177.78
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
447
255.43
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1050
600
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
25
555.56
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
982
561.14
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
108
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
81.14
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
16.57
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.71
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.57
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
26.86
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.53
11.8
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.94
34.25
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
153.71
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
123.43
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
45.71
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
85.14
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.47
-10.49
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.63
29.5
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.57
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
14.86
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
200
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
294
168
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.57
3.57
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
23.43
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
13
7.43
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100