Bert Cole

Albert George Cole

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 1, 1896 in San Francisco, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1921
Teams (by GP): Tigers/WhiteSox/Indians 1921-1927

Final Game: September 18, 1927
Died: May 30, 1975 in San Mateo, CA
Buried: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1919	22	SAC,SLE	AA	0	0		2.96	6	0					24.1	19	12	8		4							0.945	7.0		1.5			SAC,SLE · PCL
1920	23	TAC,SFR	B,AA	29	8	.784	0.36	48						329.0	46	17	13		78							0.204	1.3		2.1			TAC,SFR · PCIL,PCL
1921	24	DET	AL	7	4	.636	4.27	20	11	9	7	1	1	109.2	134	66	52	3	36	22	4	1	0	494	101	1.550	11.0	0.2	3.0	1.8	0.61
1922	25	DET	AL	1	6	.143	4.88	23	5	12	2	1	0	79.1	105	60	43	4	39	21	1	1	1	383	80	1.815	11.9	0.5	4.4	2.4	0.54
1923	26	DET	AL	13	5	.722	4.14	52	13	26	6	1	5	163.0	183	95	75	9	61	32	5	0	0	733	93	1.497	10.1	0.5	3.4	1.8	0.52
1924	27	DET	AL	3	9	.250	4.69	28	12	10	2	1	2	109.1	135	69	57	4	35	16	4	0	2	486	88	1.555	11.1	0.3	2.9	1.3	0.46
1925	28	TOT	AL	3	4	.429	6.03	27	4	12	1	0	2	77.2	99	60	52	2	40	16	2	0	2	358	73	1.790	11.5	0.2	4.6	1.9	0.40
1925	28	DET	AL	2	3	.400	5.88	14	2	7	1	0	1	33.2	44	27	22	2	15	7	1	0	2	157	74	1.752	11.8	0.5	4.0	1.9	0.47
1925	28	CLE	AL	1	1	.500	6.14	13	2	5	0	0	1	44.0	55	33	30	0	25	9	1	0	0	201	73	1.818	11.3	0.0	5.1	1.8	0.36

1926	29	MIS	AA	29	12	.707	2.63	41						325.0	306	125	95		93							1.228	8.5		2.6			MIS · PCL
1927	30	CHW	AL	1	4	.200	4.73	27	2	18	0	0	0	66.2	79	43	35	3	19	12	3	0	1	292	86	1.470	10.7	0.4	2.6	1.6	0.63
1928	31	SLE,POR	AA	10	20	.333	5.16	41						246.0	317	153	141		58							1.524	11.6		2.1			SLE,POR · PCL
1929	32	MIS	AA	24	12	.667	3.45	42						279.0	301	127	107		90							1.401	9.7		2.9			MIS · PCL
1930	33	MIS	AA	16	13	.552	4.62	37						267.0	320	159	137		70							1.461	10.8		2.4			MIS · PCL
1931	34	MIS	AA	15	17	.469	3.82	39						273.0	294	141	116		70							1.333	9.7		2.3			MIS · PCL
1932	35	MIS	AA	12	16	.429	3.51	30						236.0	253	104	92		51							1.288	9.6		1.9			MIS · PCL
1933	36	MIS	AA	8	17	.320	6.03	30						203.0	293	150	136		59							1.734	13.0		2.6			MIS · PCL
1934	37	CIN-min	AA	7	4	.636	5.16	25						89.0	117	58	51		38							1.742	11.8		3.8			TTO · IL
1935	38	SFR	AA	1	2	.333	6.25	7	5					36.0	53	21	25		10							1.750	13.2		2.5			SFR · PCL
6 Yrs				28	32	.467	4.67	177	47	87	18	4	10	605.2	735	393	314	25	230	119	19	2	6	2746	88	1.593	10.9	0.4	3.4	1.8	0.52
162 Game Avg.				9	10	.467	4.67	54	14	26	5	1	3	184	223	119	95	8	70	36	6	1	2	834	88	1.593	10.9	0.4	3.4	1.8	0.52

DET (5 yrs)				26	27	.491	4.53	137	43	64	18	4	9	495.0	601	317	249	22	186	98	15	2	5	2253	90	1.590	10.9	0.4	3.4	1.8	0.53
CLE (1 yr)				1	1	.500	6.14	13	2	5	0	0	1	44.0	55	33	30	0	25	9	1	0	0	201	73	1.818	11.3	0.0	5.1	1.8	0.36
CHW (1 yr)				1	4	.200	4.73	27	2	18	0	0	0	66.2	79	43	35	3	19	12	3	0	1	292	86	1.470	10.7	0.4	2.6	1.6	0.63

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1921	24	DET	AL	109.2	20	11	66	5.42	5.10	-0.41	0.00	99.3	5.48	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.1	0.9	14	.500	.500	$
1922	25	DET	AL	79.1	23	5	60	6.81	4.72	-0.08	0.00	96.1	4.62	-19	-1.8	1.0	-0.0	-1.1	-10	.423	.489	$
1923	26	DET	AL	164.0	52	13	95	5.21	4.78	0.00	0.00	96.9	4.63	-11	-1.0	1.0	-0.1	0.3	8	.480	.494	$
1924	27	DET	AL	109.1	28	12	69	5.68	5.06	0.08	0.00	96.6	4.80	-12	-1.1	1.0	-0.1	-0.2	2	.461	.493	$
1925	28	DET	AL	33.2	14	2	27	7.22	5.32	0.10	0.00	99.4	5.18	-8	-0.7	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-3	.451	.496	$
1925	28	CLE	AL	43.0	13	2	33	6.91	5.30	-0.08	0.00	103.5	5.57	-7	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.455	.496	$

1927	30	CHW	AL	66.2	27	2	43	5.81	5.13	0.13	0.00	97.5	4.88	-7	-0.7	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	1	.475	.496	$
6 Seasons				605.2	177	47	393	5.84	4.99	-0.06	0.00	97.8	4.94	-63	-5.9	1.0	-0.3	-0.8	10	.467	.495	$

DET (5 yrs)				496.0	137	43	317	5.75	4.94	-0.08	0.00	97.4	4.89	-49	-4.6	1.0	-0.3	-0.5	10	.466	.494	$
CLE (1 yr)				43.0	13	2	33	6.91	5.30	-0.08	0.00	103.5	5.57	-7	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.455	.496	$
CHW (1 yr)				66.2	27	2	43	5.81	5.13	0.13	0.00	97.5	4.88	-7	-0.7	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	1	.475	.496	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1921	24	DET	AL	494	0.6%	4.5%	7.3%	4.3%	16%	84%
1922	25	DET	AL	383	1.0%	5.5%	10.2%	1.8%	7%	81%
1923	26	DET	AL	733	1.2%	4.4%	8.3%	3.1%	13%	82%
1924	27	DET	AL	486	0.8%	3.3%	7.2%	2.1%	7%	84%
1925	28	TOT	AL	358	0.6%	4.5%	11.2%	1.1%	4%	79%
1925	28	DET	AL	157	1.3%	4.5%	9.6%	2.6%	9%	78%
1925	28	CLE	AL	201	0.0%	4.5%	12.4%			81%

1927	30	CHW	AL	294	1.0%	4.1%	6.5%			82%
6 Yrs				2748	0.9%	4.3%	8.4%	2.4%	9%	82%
MLB Averages					1.0%	7.2%	7.7%	2.8%	11%	80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1921	24	7	4	.636	4.27	20	11	9	7	1	1	109.2	134	66	52	3	36	22	4	1	0	494	101	1.550	11.0	0.2	3.0	1.8	0.61	101
1922	25	8	10	.444	4.52	43	16	21	9	2	1	189.0	239	126	95	7	75	43	5	2	1	877	91	1.661	11.4	0.3	3.6	2.0	0.57	91
1923	26	21	15	.583	4.35	95	29	47	15	3	6	352.0	422	221	170	16	136	75	10	2	1	1610	92	1.585	10.8	0.4	3.5	1.9	0.55	92
1924	27	24	24	.500	4.43	123	41	57	17	4	8	461.1	557	290	227	20	171	91	14	2	3	2096	91	1.578	10.9	0.4	3.3	1.8	0.53	91
1925	28	27	28	.491	4.66	150	45	69	18	4	10	539.0	656	350	279	22	211	107	16	2	5	2454	88	1.609	11.0	0.4	3.5	1.8	0.51	88
1926	29	27	28	.491	4.66	150	45	69	18	4	10	539.0	656	350	279	22	211	107	16	2	5	2454	88	1.609	11.0	0.4	3.5	1.8	0.51	88
1927	30	28	32	.467	4.67	177	47	87	18	4	10	605.2	735	393	314	25	230	119	19	2	6	2746	88	1.593	10.9	0.4	3.4	1.8	0.52	88

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1921	24	6	6	.500	3.72	116.0	132	53	48	3	35	23	4	1.440	10.2	2.7	1.8	0.66	0.2	20
1922	25	4	5	.444	4.61	84.0	108	48	43	4	40	22	1	1.762	11.6	4.3	2.4	0.55	0.4	23
1923	26	10	9	.526	3.92	172.0	188	83	75	9	63	34	5	1.459	9.8	3.3	1.8	0.54	0.5	52
1924	27	5	7	.417	4.42	112.0	136	61	55	4	35	16	4	1.527	10.9	2.8	1.3	0.46	0.3	28
1925	28	3	5	.375	5.18	80.0	96	51	46	2	39	16	2	1.688	10.8	4.4	1.8	0.41	0.2	27

1927	30	3	4	.429	4.50	68.0	79	38	34	3	19	12	3	1.441	10.5	2.5	1.6	0.63	0.4	27
6 Yrs		31	36	.463	4.29	632.0	739	334	301	25	231	123	19	1.535	10.5		1.8	0.53	0.4	177

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 1923 AL .722 (3rd)	Games Played s c a p y 1923 AL 52 (3rd)	Saves s c a p y 1923 AL 5 (4th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1923 AL 26 (3rd) 1927 AL 18 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1923 AL .722 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1923 AL 52 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1923 AL 5 (4th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1923 AL 26 (3rd)
1927 AL 18 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 7 (1687), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 1 (1990), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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