Rudy Arias vs. Andy Sonnanstine — Career Comparison

Rudy Arias
Silent GenerationCubaThrows LeftBats LeftCaribbeanChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Andy Sonnanstine
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Andy Sonnanstine built a career as a starting pitcher and Rudy Arias as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rudy Arias posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.09 and WHIP 1.727 compared to 5.26 and 1.414 for Andy Sonnanstine. By the career numbers, Rudy Arias had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rudy Arias and Andy Sonnanstine

Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
6.95
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
2.2
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.33
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.41
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.47
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.52
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.46
47.46
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.61
60.61
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
4.09
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
5.26
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
27
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1621
27
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
9
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
540.1
9
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
10.02
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
617
10.28
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.02
10.02
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.28
10.28
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.43
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.32
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
4.09
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
2.27
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.43
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.18
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
5.73
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
5.71
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.73
5.73
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.091
1.091
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.23
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.33
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
40.91
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2339
38.96
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.66
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.55
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.7
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
5.65
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.3
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.85
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.568
1.568
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.394
1.394
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
36.61
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2157
35.93
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.96
38.96

Fielding Stats for Rudy Arias and Andy Sonnanstine

Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
6.95
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
2.2
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.33
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
27
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1621
27
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
9
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
540.1
9
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.61
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.93
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.05
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.92
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.66
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
1.93
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.66
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
1.85
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.69
95.69
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.841
0.841
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.61
60.61
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rudy Arias and Andy Sonnanstine

Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
5100
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135
2793.1
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
600
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
496.55
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.741
0.741
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
144.83
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
124.14
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.21
66.38
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
165.52
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
206.9
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.704
0.704
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
124.14
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
165.52
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.42
-63.2
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.63
75.12
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
300
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
289.66
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
2.07
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA