Danny Cox vs. Sammy Curran — Career Comparison

Danny Cox
Baby BoomersEnglandThrows RightBats RightEuropeSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Sammy Curran
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Cox built a career as a starting pitcher and Sammy Curran as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sammy Curran posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.35 and WHIP 0.900 compared to 3.64 and 1.364 for Danny Cox. By the career numbers, Sammy Curran had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Cox and Sammy Curran

Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
1.93
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.21
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.51
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.52
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.66
49.66
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.59
62.59
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
525
3.64
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3894
27
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
27
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1298
9
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
9
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
1292
8.96
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
8.1
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.96
8.96
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
0.71
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
3
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.32
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
5.01
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
4.05
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.01
5.01
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.28
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.13
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5464
37.89
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
33.75
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.24
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
4.17
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.47
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.28
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.89
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.328
1.328
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4905
34.01
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
33.75
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.89
37.89
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.75
33.75

Fielding Stats for Danny Cox and Sammy Curran

Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
1.93
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.21
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3894
27
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1298
9
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.85
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
1.05
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.01
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
1.9
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.48
94.48
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.986
0.986
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.59
62.59
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Cox and Sammy Curran

Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
281
405.29
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
416
600
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
359
517.79
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
56.25
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
50.48
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.33
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.44
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.77
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.75
8.29
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
63.46
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
77.88
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
24.52
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
17.31
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
41.83
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-5.47
-7.89
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.88
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
18.75
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PAverified
152
219.23
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.74
2.74
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
59.13
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.44
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.21
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA