Tony Cloninger vs. Harley Parker — Career Comparison

Tony Cloninger
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harley Parker
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tony Cloninger built a career as a starting pitcher and Harley Parker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tony Cloninger posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.07 and WHIP 1.418 compared to 5.9 and 1.749 for Harley Parker. By the career numbers, Tony Cloninger had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tony Cloninger and Harley Parker

Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
1.79
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.21
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
1.26
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.94
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.49
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.81
53.81
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
70.17
70.17
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.32
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.87
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.07
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
799
4.07
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
5.9
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5303
27
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
403
27
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1767.2
9
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
134.1
9
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1643
8.37
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
13.13
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.37
8.37
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.13
13.13
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.92
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
798
4.06
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.61
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.33
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1120
5.7
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.61
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.085
1.085
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.469
0.469
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.61
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.4
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.17
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7624
38.82
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
629
42.14
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.2
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
898
4.57
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
8.37
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.37
8.37
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.08
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.381
1.381
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.749
1.749
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6768
34.46
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
39.13
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.14
42.14

Fielding Stats for Tony Cloninger and Harley Parker

Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
1.79
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.25
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
1.26
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5302
27
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
27
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1767.1
9
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
9
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
0.58
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.59
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
279
1.42
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.3
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.13
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
419
2.13
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.15
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
2
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.89
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.79
93.79
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.117
1.117
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.316
2.316
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.17
70.17
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.1
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tony Cloninger and Harley Parker

Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
366
326.3
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
19
175.38
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
673
600
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
65
600
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
621
553.64
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
62
572.31
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.654
0.654
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
119
106.09
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
156.92
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
80.24
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
138.46
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
14.26
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.78
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
9.81
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
25.85
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
18.46
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37.57
33.49
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.46
59.59
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
172
153.34
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
193.85
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
115.9
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
184.62
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.482
0.482
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.646
0.646
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.364
0.364
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
57.95
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
64.62
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
59.73
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
6
55.38
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
107.88
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
120
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32.39
28.88
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.81
72.13
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.78
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.23
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
8.02
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
161
143.54
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
55.38
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
4.18
4.18
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.83
10.83
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
34.77
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.78
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
6
5.35
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.78
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.89
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.67
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA