Jim Bunning vs. Declan Cronin — Career Comparison

Jim Bunning
Silent GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star
Declan Cronin
Gen ZNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMiami MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Bunning built a career as a starting pitcher and Declan Cronin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Bunning posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.27 and WHIP 1.205 compared to 4.98 and 1.488 for Declan Cronin. By the career numbers, Jim Bunning had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bunning and Declan Cronin

Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591
1.41
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
7.19
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
1.24
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
0.54
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
0.44
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.55
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.9
54.9
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.82
87.82
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.36
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.04
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1366
3.27
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
4.98
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11281
27
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
27
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760.1
9
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.1
9
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3433
8.22
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
9.52
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
0.89
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1000
2.39
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
3.54
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.23
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2855
6.83
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
8.85
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.83
6.83
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.85
8.85
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.025
1.025
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.377
1.377
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.11
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
0.38
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.77
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15618
37.38
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
39.5
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.09
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.22
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1527
3.65
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
5.86
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.06
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.04
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.44
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.451
1.451
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14418
34.51
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
34.97
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.38
37.38
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.5
39.5

Fielding Stats for Jim Bunning and Declan Cronin

Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591
1.41
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
7.19
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
1.24
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11280
27
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
27
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760
9
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.1
9
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
0.49
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.77
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
0.89
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.55
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.06
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
601
1.44
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.55
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
578
1.38
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.33
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.17
96.17
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.978
0.978
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.185
0.185
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.82
87.82
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.05
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bunning and Declan Cronin

Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
601
257.39
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
65
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1401
600
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1275
546.04
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
213
91.22
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
77.52
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
8.99
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.71
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
13.7
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.26
19.38
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
263
112.63
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
106.21
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
35.12
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
32.12
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
64.24
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.33
11.28
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.43
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
14.56
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
362
155.03
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.87
3.87
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
36.4
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.57
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
36
15.42
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.86
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.86
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA