Jim Bunning vs. Lawrence Simpson — Career Comparison

Jim Bunning
Silent GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star
Lawrence Simpson
Lost GenerationOhioNorth AmericaIndianapolis ABCsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Jim Bunning posted a stronger line than Lawrence Simpson. Jim Bunning posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.27 vs 4.3) and WHIP (1.205 vs 1.398). By the career numbers, Jim Bunning had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bunning and Lawrence Simpson

Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591
1.41
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.53
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
1.24
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.38
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
224
0.54
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.61
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
0.44
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.9
54.9
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.82
87.82
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
0.36
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.61
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.1
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.04
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1366
3.27
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
4.3
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11281
27
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760.1
9
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3433
8.22
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
9.97
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.97
9.97
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
0.89
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.77
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1000
2.39
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
2.61
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.23
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2855
6.83
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
4.14
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.83
6.83
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.025
1.025
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.11
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.38
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15618
37.38
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
39.89
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.09
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1527
3.65
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
5.68
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.06
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.04
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.77
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14418
34.51
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
36.97
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.38
37.38
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.89
39.89

Fielding Stats for Jim Bunning and Lawrence Simpson

Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
1.41
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.33
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
1.24
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11280
27
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
346
27
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760
9
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
115.1
9
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
0.49
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.62
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
0.89
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.34
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.06
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.55
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
601
1.44
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.51
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
578
1.38
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.97
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.17
96.17
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.44
84.44
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.978
0.978
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.235
2.235
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.82
87.82
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.05
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bunning and Lawrence Simpson

Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
601
257.39
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
20
244.9
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1401
600
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1275
546.04
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
526.53
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.476
0.476
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
213
91.22
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
85.71
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
77.52
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
73.47
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
8.99
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.71
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
13.7
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45.26
19.38
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.53
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
263
112.63
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
97.96
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
106.21
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
35.12
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
32.12
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
64.24
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
61.22
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26.33
11.28
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.91
23.43
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.43
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
14.56
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
362
155.03
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.87
3.87
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
36.4
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.57
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
36
15.42
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.86
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
0.86
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100