Sugar Cain vs. Jim Todd — Career Comparison

Sugar Cain
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Todd
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Sugar Cain built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Todd as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Todd posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.23 and WHIP 1.587 compared to 4.83 and 1.710 for Sugar Cain. By the career numbers, Jim Todd had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sugar Cain and Jim Todd

Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
1.62
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
4.76
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.25
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.48
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.44
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.55
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.41
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.9
46.9
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.08
52.08
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.97
76.97
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.53
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
530
4.83
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
4.23
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2962
27
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1533
27
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
987.1
9
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
511
9
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1119
10.2
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
9.53
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
10.2
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.53
9.53
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.61
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.6
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
569
5.19
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
4.21
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.55
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
279
2.54
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
3.42
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.859
0.859
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.847
0.847
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.11
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.3
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.28
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4556
41.53
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2249
39.61
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.13
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
2.1
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
611
5.57
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
4.98
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.37
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.3
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.23
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.71
1.71
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.526
1.526
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3972
36.21
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1956
34.45
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.53
41.53
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61

Fielding Stats for Sugar Cain and Jim Todd

Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
4.76
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1533
27
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
9
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.72
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.94
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.77
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
2.66
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.96
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.18
96.18
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.039
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.559
0.559
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.16
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sugar Cain and Jim Todd

Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
180
287.23
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
8526.32
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
376
600
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
344
548.94
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
17
536.84
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
89.36
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
82.98
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.38
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.38
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.56
18.45
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.21
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
95.74
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
111.7
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
28.72
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
33.51
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
62.23
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.11
14.54
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.38
-43.55
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.6
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
20.74
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
83
132.45
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
221.05
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.53
4.53
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
2.71
2.71
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
28.72
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA