Sonny Collins vs. Ken Wright — Career Comparison

Sonny Collins
UnknownPhiladelphia Bacharach GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Ken Wright
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Sonny Collins built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Wright as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Wright posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.54 and WHIP 1.593 compared to 9.22 and 2.305 for Sonny Collins. By the career numbers, Ken Wright had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sonny Collins and Ken Wright

Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
4.31
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.92
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Ken Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ken Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.31
42.31
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ken Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.24
21.24
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.31
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
9.22
Ken Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
4.54
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.22
9.22
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
708
27
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
9
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
15.48
Ken Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
7.44
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.48
15.48
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Ken Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.53
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
5.27
Ken Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
6.86
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Ken Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
6.9
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.9
6.9
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.805
0.805
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Ken Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
48.73
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1060
40.42
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.33
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
10.21
Ken Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
4.84
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.84
4.84
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Ken Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.53
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.27
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.305
2.305
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.589
1.589
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
42.48
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
848
32.34
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.372
0.372
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.73
48.73
Ken Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.42
40.42

Fielding Stats for Sonny Collins and Ken Wright

Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
4.32
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.92
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
706
27
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235.1
9
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.63
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
1.26
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.96
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1.64
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.96
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
1.49
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ken Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.7
90.7
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Ken Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ken Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.24
21.24
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sonny Collins and Ken Wright

Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
7
300
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
2260
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
600
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
13
557.14
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
560
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.857
0.857
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.13
91.31
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
4.03
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
257.14
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
3
60
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.846
0.846
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
257.14
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.47
105.72
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.24
-24.88
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
14
280
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.14
2.14
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Wright
Career
Per 600 PA