Tony Castillo vs. Tom Sunkel — Career Comparison

Tony Castillo
Baby BoomersVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tom Sunkel
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tom Sunkel built a career as a starting pitcher and Tony Castillo as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tony Castillo posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.93 and WHIP 1.443 compared to 4.53 and 1.593 for Tom Sunkel. By the career numbers, Tony Castillo had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tony Castillo and Tom Sunkel

Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
6.89
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
2.57
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.18
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.48
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.39
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.61
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.9
54.9
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.03
46.03
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.38
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.93
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
4.53
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1580
27
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
661
27
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526.2
9
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
220.1
9
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
555
9.48
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
8.9
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.9
8.9
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.89
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.45
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
3.06
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
5.43
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
5.69
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
4.57
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.69
5.69
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.972
0.972
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.24
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2276
38.89
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1001
40.89
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.95
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.78
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
4.56
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
5.15
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.55
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.99
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.394
1.394
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.593
1.593
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025
34.6
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
866
35.37
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.89
40.89

Fielding Stats for Tony Castillo and Tom Sunkel

Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
6.89
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1580
27
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
526.2
9
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.56
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.76
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
2.41
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
2.32
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.45
96.45
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.55
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.338
0.338
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.46
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Tony Castillo and Tom Sunkel

Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
403
13433.33
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
63
547.83
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
13
433.33
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
573.91
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
104.35
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
5.08
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.45
29.97
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
139.13
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
130.43
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
78.26
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-7.38
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.56
30.96
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
200
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
191.3
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.14
3.14
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Tony Castillo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.39
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA