Bill Coyle vs. Steve Engel — Career Comparison

Bill Coyle
Pre-GenerationalKentuckyThrows RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Steve Engel
Baby BoomersOhioThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Steve Engel built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Coyle as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Steve Engel posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.57 and WHIP 1.703 compared to 9 and 2.125 for Bill Coyle. By the career numbers, Steve Engel had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Coyle and Steve Engel

Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.92
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.39
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.87
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16.67
16.67
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
5.57
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.57
5.57
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.66
8.66
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.25
6.25
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.368
0.368
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
15.75
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
10.63
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.75
15.75
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.63
10.63
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.74
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.38
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
4.53
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
5.05
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
46.13
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
41.28
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
11.25
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
6.27
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.27
6.27
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.87
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.7
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.125
2.125
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.684
1.684
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
42.75
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
35.71
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.371
0.371
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.13
46.13
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.28
41.28

Fielding Stats for Bill Coyle and Steve Engel

Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.92
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.39
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.39
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.74
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.74
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.909
0.909
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Coyle and Steve Engel

Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
2
300
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
347.37
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
600
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
505.26
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.711
0.711
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.24
70.76
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
189.47
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
189.47
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.691
0.691
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.692
0.692
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
126.32
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
126.32
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-61.6
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.16
68.15
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
7
221.05
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
2.71
2.71
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA