Bert Cole
[edit] Biography
Born on July 1, 1896 in San Francisco, California, Bert Cole (Albert George Cole) played for the Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 6 year career. Cole broke into the bigs on April 19, 1921 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 4.27 ERA in 109.2 innings pitched in 1921, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bert Cole's best season was 1923, when he posted a 4.14 ERA and won 13 games.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1921
| DET
| A
| 20
| 11
| 7
| 4
| 4.27
| 22
| 66
| 52
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 109.2
| 134
| 3
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1922
| DET
| A
| 23
| 5
| 1
| 6
| 4.88
| 21
| 60
| 43
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 79.1
| 105
| 4
| 39
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1923
| DET
| A
| 52
| 13
| 13
| 5
| 4.14
| 32
| 95
| 75
| 6
| 1
| 5
| 163
| 183
| 9
| 61
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| 1924
| DET
| A
| 28
| 12
| 3
| 9
| 4.69
| 16
| 69
| 57
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 109.1
| 135
| 4
| 35
| 0
| 2
| 4
|
| 1925
| DET
| A
| 14
| 2
| 2
| 3
| 5.88
| 7
| 27
| 22
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 33.2
| 44
| 2
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1925
| CLE
| A
| 13
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 6.14
| 9
| 33
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 44
| 55
| 1
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1925
| TOT
| A
| 27
| 4
| 3
| 4
| 6.03
| 16
| 60
| 52
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 77.2
| 99
| 3
| 40
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1927
| CHI
| A
| 27
| 2
| 1
| 4
| 4.72
| 12
| 43
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 66.2
| 79
| 3
| 19
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 177
| 47
| 28
| 32
| 4.67
| 119
| 393
| 314
| 18
| 4
| 10
| 605.2
| 735
| 26
| 230
| 0
| 6
| 19
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1921
| DET
| A
| P
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1922
| DET
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1922
| DET
| A
| P
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 21
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| 1923
| DET
| A
| P
| 52
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 37
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1924
| DET
| A
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1924
| DET
| A
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 28
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1925
| DET
| A
| P
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1925
| CLE
| A
| P
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1925
| TOT
| A
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 22
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1927
| CHI
| A
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 27
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 177
| 0
| 0
| 36
| 163
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1921
| DET
| A
| 30
| 46
| 12
| 13
| 0
| 8
| .283
| .298
| .457
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1922
| DET
| A
| 27
| 25
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .160
| .222
| .160
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1923
| DET
| A
| 58
| 55
| 7
| 14
| 1
| 6
| .255
| .268
| .364
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 12
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| DET
| A
| 33
| 37
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 2
| .270
| .357
| .270
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| DET
| A
| 14
| 11
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .273
| .333
| .273
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| CLE
| A
| 13
| 13
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .154
| .313
| .154
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| TOT
| A
| 27
| 24
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .208
| .321
| .208
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| CHI
| A
| 27
| 18
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .167
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 202
| 205
| 29
| 49
| 1
| 18
| .239
| .284
| .307
| 3
| 4
| 11
| 36
| 2
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by San Francisco (PCL) to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Babe Ellison (November 17, 1920).
- Sold by Detroit Tigers to Cleveland Indians (July, 1925).
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