Pete Appleton vs. Andy Sonnanstine — Career Comparison

Pete Appleton
Greatest GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Andy Sonnanstine
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Andy Sonnanstine built a career as a starting pitcher and Pete Appleton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Pete Appleton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.3 and WHIP 1.466 compared to 5.26 and 1.414 for Andy Sonnanstine. By the career numbers, Pete Appleton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pete Appleton and Andy Sonnanstine

Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
2.69
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
2.2
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.56
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.33
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.45
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.47
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.52
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.52
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.34
46.34
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.46
47.46
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.82
20.82
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.61
60.61
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.27
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.21
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
4.3
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
5.26
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3423
27
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1621
27
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1141
9
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
540.1
9
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1187
9.36
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
617
10.28
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.36
9.36
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.28
10.28
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.6
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.32
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
3.83
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
2.27
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.18
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
420
3.31
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
5.71
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.794
0.794
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.25
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.23
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.21
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.33
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5044
39.79
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
2339
38.96
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
1.47
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.55
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
667
5.26
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
5.65
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.26
5.26
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.3
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.85
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.394
1.394
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4532
35.75
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2157
35.93
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.79
39.79
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.96
38.96

Fielding Stats for Pete Appleton and Andy Sonnanstine

Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
342
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
2.2
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.33
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1621
27
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
540.1
9
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.93
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.92
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
1.93
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
1.85
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.43
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.69
95.69
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.947
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.841
0.841
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.61
60.61
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pete Appleton and Andy Sonnanstine

Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
343
522.34
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PAverified
135
2793.1
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
394
600
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
374
569.54
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
24
496.55
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.557
0.557
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.741
0.741
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
132.49
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
144.83
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
109.64
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
124.14
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
12.18
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.66
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
22.84
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25.84
39.35
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.21
66.38
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
165.99
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
8
165.52
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
144.67
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
206.9
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.291
0.291
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.54
0.54
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.704
0.704
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
45.69
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
124.14
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
51.78
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
97.46
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
165.52
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29.38
44.74
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.63
75.12
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
12.18
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
100.51
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
289.66
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.97
5.97
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
2.07
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
18.27
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.52
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.52
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA