Bert Abbey vs. Tom Sunkel — Career Comparison

Bert Abbey
Pre-GenerationalVermontThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tom Sunkel
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tom Sunkel built a career as a starting pitcher and Bert Abbey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bert Abbey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.52 and WHIP 1.546 compared to 4.53 and 1.593 for Tom Sunkel. By the career numbers, Bert Abbey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bert Abbey and Tom Sunkel

Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.25
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
2.57
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.03
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.18
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.37
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.63
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.61
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.48
35.48
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.28
82.28
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.03
46.03
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.82
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
4.52
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
4.53
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
661
27
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
220.1
9
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
686
10.87
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
8.9
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.87
10.87
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.9
8.9
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.29
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.45
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.04
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
5.43
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
2.55
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
4.57
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.622
0.622
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.29
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.41
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2568
40.69
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1001
40.89
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.22
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.78
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
442
7
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
5.15
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.15
5.15
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.546
1.546
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.593
1.593
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2350
37.24
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
866
35.37
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.69
40.69
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.89
40.89

Fielding Stats for Bert Abbey and Tom Sunkel

Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.25
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1704
27
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
568
9
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.27
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
2.12
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
2.74
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
2.39
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.28
87.28
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.55
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.911
1.911
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bert Abbey and Tom Sunkel

Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
188.1
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
547.83
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
600
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
535.71
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
573.91
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.496
0.496
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.486
0.486
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
90.48
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
104.35
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
14.29
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.95
30.83
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
3.45
29.97
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
111.9
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
139.13
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
140.48
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
15
130.43
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.449
0.449
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.327
0.327
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
50
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.48
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
90.48
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
9
78.26
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.76
30.37
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.56
30.96
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
50
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
128.57
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
191.3
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.67
4.67
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
3.14
3.14
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
14.29
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA