Mike Cunningham vs. Bill Gatewood — Career Comparison

Mike Cunningham
Pre-GenerationalSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Gatewood
Pre-GenerationalTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Gatewood 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 3.67 and 1.354 for Bill Gatewood. 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 Bill Gatewood

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.61
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
1.53
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
1.02
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.48
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.5
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.07
49.07
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.47
66.47
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.63
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.21
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
3.67
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2996
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
998.2
9
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
9.32
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1053
9.49
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.32
9.32
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.17
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
2.89
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
2.69
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.82
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
4.26
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.857
0.857
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.773
0.773
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.12
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.38
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
37.61
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4246
38.27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.29
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.82
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
5.15
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
1.5
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.69
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.357
1.357
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
34.39
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3739
33.7
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.27
38.27

Fielding Stats for Mike Cunningham and Bill Gatewood

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.61
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
1.59
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.41
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3539
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179.2
9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
1.18
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.93
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
2.47
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.33
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.57
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
3.98
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.57
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
3.65
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.76
91.76
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.292
2.292
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.84
25.84
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.12
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Cunningham and Bill Gatewood

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
300
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
270
269.1
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
602
600
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
514
512.29
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.667
0.667
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.766
0.766
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
143.52
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
109.63
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
22.92
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.98
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.98
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.89
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1.22
61.11
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75.83
75.57
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
194.35
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
4
200
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
208
207.31
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.667
0.667
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.739
0.739
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.099
0.099
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.708
0.708
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
72.76
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
63.79
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
130.56
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
82.59
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84.08
83.8
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.98
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
57.81
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
23.92
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.99
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.99
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100