Mike Cunningham vs. Ned Garver — Career Comparison

Mike Cunningham
Pre-GenerationalSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ned Garver
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ned Garver built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Cunningham as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Cunningham posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.21 and WHIP 1.357 compared to 3.73 and 1.363 for Ned Garver. By the career numbers, Mike Cunningham had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Cunningham and Ned Garver

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.61
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
402
1.46
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.2
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.47
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
0.57
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.1
45.1
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.09
82.09
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.56
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.07
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.21
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1027
3.73
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7432
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2477.1
9
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
9.32
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2471
8.98
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.32
9.32
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
0.77
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.89
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Innings
881
3.2
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.09
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.82
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
881
3.2
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.857
0.857
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.18
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.15
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
37.61
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10583
38.45
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.29
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.15
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.82
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1184
4.3
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.357
1.357
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.353
1.353
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
34.39
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9661
35.1
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.45
38.45

Fielding Stats for Mike Cunningham and Ned Garver

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.61
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
3.04
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
1.24
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3581
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1193.2
9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.53
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.93
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
3.54
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.2
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.57
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
700
5.28
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.57
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
5.07
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.14
96.14
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.94
40.94
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.31
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ned Garver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Cunningham and Ned Garver

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
300
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
458
285.65
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
962
600
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
827
515.8
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ned Garver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ned Garver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.611
0.611
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
112.27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
143
89.19
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
16.84
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.87
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.37
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
23.08
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.22
61.11
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65.04
40.56
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
234
145.95
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
257
160.29
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ned Garver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ned Garver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ned Garver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.566
0.566
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ned Garver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ned Garver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.464
0.464
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ned Garver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
54.26
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
44.91
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
152
94.8
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
82.59
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71.09
44.34
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.62
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
47.4
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ned Garver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ned Garver
Career
Per 600 PA
109
67.98
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.83
8.83
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
33.06
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.12
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ned Garver
Career
Per 600 PA
24
14.97
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.62
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.62
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.25
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Ned Garver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50