Mike Cunningham vs. Alvin Gipson — Career Comparison

Mike Cunningham
Pre-GenerationalSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Alvin Gipson
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Alvin Gipson 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 4.53 and 1.376 for Alvin Gipson. 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 Alvin Gipson

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.61
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.82
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.24
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.24
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.93
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.59
20.59
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.92
67.92
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.55
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.21
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
4.53
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
787
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
262.1
9
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
9.32
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 9 Innings
275
9.43
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.32
9.32
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
2.89
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.88
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
4.82
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
5.73
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.73
5.73
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
0.857
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
37.61
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1158
39.73
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.29
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.48
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.82
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
5.32
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.72
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.58
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.357
1.357
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.369
1.369
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
34.39
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1045
35.85
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.73
39.73

Fielding Stats for Mike Cunningham and Alvin Gipson

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.61
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.82
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.21
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
802
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
267.1
9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.24
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.93
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.78
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.57
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
2.05
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.57
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
2.02
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.36
98.36
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
1.111
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Cunningham and Alvin Gipson

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
300
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
292.44
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
119
600
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
574.79
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.427
0.427
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
110.92
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
105.88
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.04
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.04
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.22
61.11
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.23
21.32
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
115.97
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
110.92
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.08
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
25.21
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
35.29
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
82.59
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.31
21.71
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
25.21
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.04
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.04
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Alvin Gipson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100