Denio Canton vs. Sammy Curran — Career Comparison

Greatest GenerationCubaThrows RightCaribbeanNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Denio Canton built a career as a starting pitcher and Sammy Curran as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sammy Curran posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.35 and WHIP 0.900 compared to 6.23 and 1.500 for Denio Canton. By the career numbers, Sammy Curran had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Denio Canton and Sammy Curran

Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.08
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6.23
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
27
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
9
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9.35
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
8.1
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.35
9.35
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.15
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
4.05
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.923
0.923
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
39.46
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
33.75
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6.23
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.08
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.08
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
33.23
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
33.75
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.46
39.46
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.75
33.75

Fielding Stats for Denio Canton and Sammy Curran

Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.08
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.08
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.08
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.08
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Denio Canton and Sammy Curran

Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
300
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
600
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
5.31
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
2.81
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denio Canton
Career
Per 600 PA
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA