Sonny Collins vs. Jim Todd — Career Comparison

Sonny Collins
UnknownPhiladelphia Bacharach GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Jim Todd
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Sonny Collins 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 9.22 and 2.305 for Sonny Collins. By the career numbers, Jim Todd had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sonny Collins and Jim Todd

Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
4.76
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.44
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.41
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.08
52.08
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
9.22
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
4.23
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.22
9.22
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1533
27
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
511
9
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
15.48
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
9.53
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.48
15.48
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.53
9.53
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.6
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
5.27
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
4.21
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.55
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
3.42
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.805
0.805
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.847
0.847
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.3
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.28
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
48.73
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2249
39.61
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
2.1
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
10.21
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
4.98
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.37
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.3
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.99
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.23
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.305
2.305
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.526
1.526
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
42.48
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1956
34.45
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.372
0.372
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.73
48.73
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61

Fielding Stats for Sonny Collins and Jim Todd

Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
4.76
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1533
27
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
511
9
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.72
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.63
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
1.94
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.96
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
2.77
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.96
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
2.66
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.18
96.18
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.559
0.559
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.16
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sonny Collins and Jim Todd

Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
7
300
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
8526.32
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
600
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
557.14
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
536.84
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.857
0.857
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.13
91.31
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.21
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
257.14
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.846
0.846
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
257.14
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.47
105.72
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.38
-43.55
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
7
221.05
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
2.71
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA