Cole Irvin vs. Lee Richmond — Career Comparison

Cole Irvin
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lee Richmond
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaWorcester Ruby LegsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cole Irvin built a career as a starting pitcher and Lee Richmond as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lee Richmond posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.06 and WHIP 1.284 compared to 4.54 and 1.319 for Cole Irvin. By the career numbers, Lee Richmond had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cole Irvin and Lee Richmond

Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
2.03
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
1.09
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.41
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179
1.02
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.42
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.43
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.61
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.57
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.18
41.18
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.4
69.4
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.72
93.72
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
0.92
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
4.54
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.06
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1779
27
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4749
27
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
593
9
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1583
9
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
635
9.64
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1763
10.02
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.64
9.64
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.02
10.02
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
1.29
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.15
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
2.16
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.53
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
6.59
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
552
3.14
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.59
6.59
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.971
0.971
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.519
0.519
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.17
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.49
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.49
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2540
38.55
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6821
38.78
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.18
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.07
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
4.99
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1018
5.79
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.26
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.77
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.284
1.284
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2342
35.54
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6550
37.24
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.78
38.78

Fielding Stats for Cole Irvin and Lee Richmond

Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
2.03
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
1.19
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.41
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1779
27
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6381
27
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
593
9
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2127
9
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.36
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.51
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.76
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
1.38
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.36
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.18
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
2.26
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.12
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
448
1.9
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.9
83.9
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.552
0.552
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.594
1.594
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.4
69.4
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cole Irvin and Lee Richmond

Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
134
5360
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
141.54
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1064
600
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1018
574.06
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
0.6
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
80
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
262
147.74
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
80
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
210
118.42
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
16.35
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.28
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.69
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
29.32
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.72
28.85
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98.73
55.68
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
80
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
340
191.73
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
160
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
308
173.68
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.334
0.334
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.49
0.49
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.624
0.624
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.444
0.444
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.511
0.511
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
169
95.3
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
63.72
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
80
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
157.33
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.99
39.6
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113.86
64.21
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
25.94
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
160
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
73
41.17
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
3.75
3.75
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.58
14.58
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Lee Richmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.63
0.63
Cole Irvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Irvin
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Richmond
Career
Per 600 PA