Bert Cole
1921–1927 · bats L / throws L · Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers
204G
.239AVG
.284OBP
.307SLG
More career statistics
49H
1HR
18RBI
1SB
28–32W–L
605.2IP
119K
4.67ERA
47GS
10SV
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 205 | 206 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 2 | 3 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 36 | 35 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 226 | 228 |
| Batting · RBI | 18 | 19 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,746 | 2,742 |
| Pitching · p er | 314 | 311 |
| Pitching · p h | 735 | 739 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,817 | 1,813 |
| Pitching · p w | 230 | 231 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 204 | 226 | 205 | 29 | 49 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 63 | .239 | .284 | .307 | .591 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 605.7 | 177 | 47 | 18 | 28 | 32 | 10 | 735 | 393 | 314 | 26 | 230 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 4.67 | 1.593 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1921-08-19 to 1921-09-01
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1921-10-02 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1924-06-24 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 26 | 10 innings pitched | 1921-09-10 | 1 in 150 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 112 | 102 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 9 | .290 | .333 | .376 |
| Away | 92 | 126 | 22 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 26 | .195 | .206 | .248 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 13 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .286 | .261 | .333 |
| May | 44 | 50 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | .233 | .300 | .302 |
| June | 36 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .280 | .296 | .400 |
| July | 41 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | .216 | .244 | .270 |
| August | 34 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .269 | .333 | .308 |
| September | 32 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | .150 | .140 | .200 |
| October | 4 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | .357 | .357 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 35 | 53 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | .239 | .302 | .413 |
| new-york-yankees | 34 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .148 | .207 | .148 |
| chicago-white-sox | 33 | 40 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .333 | .350 | .333 |
| st-louis-browns | 29 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | .158 | .175 | .289 |
| cleveland-guardians | 28 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | .308 | .333 | .346 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 22 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .278 | .278 | .278 |
| boston-red-sox | 18 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .118 | .182 |
| detroit-tigers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 |  Detroit Tigers | 30 | 46 | 13 | – | 8 | – | .283 | 109 | 20 |
| 1922 | Detroit Tigers | 29 | 26 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .154 | 78 | 20 |
| 1923 | Detroit Tigers | 58 | 54 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .259 | 164 | 34 |
| 1924 | Detroit Tigers | 33 | 38 | 10 | – | 1 | – | .263 | 108 | 16 |
| 1925 | Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers | 27 | 24 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .208 | 76 | 16 |
| 1927 |  Chicago White Sox | 27 | 18 | 3 | – | – | – | .167 | 66 | 13 |