Dan Casey vs. Tom Sunkel — Career Comparison

Dan Casey
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tom Sunkel
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tom Sunkel built a career as a starting pitcher and Dan Casey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dan Casey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.18 and WHIP 1.313 compared to 4.53 and 1.593 for Tom Sunkel. By the career numbers, Dan Casey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dan Casey and Tom Sunkel

Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
1.08
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
2.57
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
1.06
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.18
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.51
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.48
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.61
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.61
51.61
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.51
98.51
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.03
46.03
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
0.97
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.07
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
593
3.18
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
4.53
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5041
27
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
661
27
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1680.1
9
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
220.1
9
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1664
8.91
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
8.9
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.9
8.9
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.23
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.45
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
543
2.91
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
5.43
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
743
3.98
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
4.57
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.765
0.765
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.4
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.22
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7272
38.95
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1001
40.89
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.78
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
943
5.05
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
5.15
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.593
1.593
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6688
35.82
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
866
35.37
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.95
38.95
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.89
40.89

Fielding Stats for Dan Casey and Tom Sunkel

Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
1.1
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5112
27
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1704
9
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.37
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
1.79
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.26
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
2.42
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
2.16
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.3
89.3
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.55
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.957
1.957
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Casey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Casey and Tom Sunkel

Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
164.67
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
547.83
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
736
600
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
710
578.8
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
66
573.91
Dan Casey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Dan Casey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
93.75
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
75.82
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
104.35
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
13.04
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.08
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
17.93
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.39
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29.39
23.96
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.45
29.97
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
117.39
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
139.13
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
114.95
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
130.43
Dan Casey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Dan Casey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Dan Casey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Dan Casey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Dan Casey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Dan Casey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
51.36
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
41.58
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
92.12
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
9
78.26
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.81
17.78
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.56
30.96
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
20.38
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Dan Casey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Casey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
112
91.3
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
191.3
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.57
6.57
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
3.14
3.14
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Dan Casey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Dan Casey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Casey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.89
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Casey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.89
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Casey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA