Sonny Collins vs. Dick Tomanek — Career Comparison

Sonny Collins
UnknownPhiladelphia Bacharach GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Dick Tomanek
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Sonny Collins built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Tomanek as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Tomanek posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.95 and WHIP 1.524 compared to 9.22 and 2.305 for Sonny Collins. By the career numbers, Dick Tomanek had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sonny Collins and Dick Tomanek

Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.13
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.43
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.39
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.39
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.16
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
9.22
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
4.95
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.22
9.22
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.01
5.01
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
693
27
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
9
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
15.48
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
9
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.48
15.48
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.32
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
5.27
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
4.36
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
6.47
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.47
6.47
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.805
0.805
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.204
1.204
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.74
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
48.73
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1021
39.78
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.06
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
10.21
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
5.49
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.305
2.305
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.485
1.485
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
42.48
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
903
35.18
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.372
0.372
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.73
48.73
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.78
39.78

Fielding Stats for Sonny Collins and Dick Tomanek

Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.3
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
666
27
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
9
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.41
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.63
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
1.54
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.96
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
2.03
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.96
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.95
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
96
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.453
0.453
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sonny Collins and Dick Tomanek

Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
7
300
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
1222.64
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
13
557.14
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
566.04
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.857
0.857
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.528
0.528
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
101.89
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
56.6
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.13
91.31
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.38
38.22
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
257.14
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
169.81
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
124.53
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.846
0.846
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.405
0.405
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
56.6
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
257.14
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.47
105.72
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.54
28.8
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
11
124.53
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.82
4.82
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA