Dewey Adkins vs. Andy Sonnanstine — Career Comparison

Dewey Adkins
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Andy Sonnanstine
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Andy Sonnanstine built a career as a starting pitcher and Dewey Adkins as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Andy Sonnanstine posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.26 and WHIP 1.414 compared to 5.64 and 1.657 for Dewey Adkins. By the career numbers, Andy Sonnanstine had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dewey Adkins and Andy Sonnanstine

Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.45
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
2.2
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.55
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.33
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.47
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.36
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.52
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.46
47.46
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.79
15.79
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.61
60.61
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
5.64
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
5.26
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.26
5.26
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
27
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1621
27
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
9
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
540.1
9
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
10.36
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
10.28
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.36
10.36
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.28
10.28
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.91
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.32
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
4.55
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
2.27
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.18
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
4.27
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
5.71
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.23
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.33
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
41
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2339
38.96
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.73
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.55
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
6.27
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
5.65
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.65
5.65
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.3
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.85
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.657
1.657
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.394
1.394
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
36.45
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2157
35.93
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
41
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.96
38.96

Fielding Stats for Dewey Adkins and Andy Sonnanstine

Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
2.2
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.33
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1621
27
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
540.1
9
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.93
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.92
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
1.93
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
1.85
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.1
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.69
95.69
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.841
0.841
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.61
60.61
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dewey Adkins and Andy Sonnanstine

Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
38
991.3
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
2793.1
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
600
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
573.91
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
496.55
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.652
0.652
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.741
0.741
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
5
130.43
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
144.83
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
3
78.26
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
124.14
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
2.2
57.31
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.21
66.38
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
234.78
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
8
165.52
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
5
130.43
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
206.9
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.636
0.636
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.704
0.704
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.529
0.529
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.364
0.364
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
124.14
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
4
104.35
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
165.52
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
2.06
53.75
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.63
75.12
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
260.87
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
14
289.66
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.3
2.3
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
2.07
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA