Mike Cunningham vs. Dwight Gooden — Career Comparison

Mike Cunningham
Pre-GenerationalSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dwight Gooden
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star

Dwight Gooden 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 3.51 and 1.271 for Dwight Gooden. 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 Dwight Gooden

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.61
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
430
1.38
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
1.32
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.62
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.36
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.4
63.4
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.35
95.35
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.22
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.08
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.21
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1091
3.51
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8402
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2800.2
9
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
9.32
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2564
8.24
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.32
9.32
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
0.67
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.89
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 9 Innings
954
3.07
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.13
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.07
3.07
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
4.82
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2293
7.37
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.37
7.37
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.33
5.33
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
0.857
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.159
1.159
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.24
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.25
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.11
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
37.61
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11705
37.61
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.29
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.01
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.82
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1198
3.85
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.27
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.22
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
0.63
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.357
1.357
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
34.39
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10521
33.81
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Mike Cunningham and Dwight Gooden

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.61
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
430
1.38
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
1.32
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8402
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2800.2
9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
0.72
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.93
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
423
1.36
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.11
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.57
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
2.19
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.57
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
647
2.08
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.01
95.01
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.505
1.505
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.35
95.35
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.11
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Cunningham and Dwight Gooden

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
6
300
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
434
306.71
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
849
600
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
741
523.67
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.537
0.537
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
145
102.47
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
117
82.69
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
10.6
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.53
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
5.65
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
19.79
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.22
61.11
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40.89
28.9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
194
137.1
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
114.49
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.474
0.474
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.066
0.066
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
42.4
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
47.35
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
84.1
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
82.59
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39.18
27.69
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.12
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
9.89
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 600 PA
135
95.41
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.29
6.29
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
60.07
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.24
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Career
Per 600 PA
13
9.19
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.71
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.71
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.41
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Dwight Gooden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50