Mike Cunningham vs. Burleigh Grimes — Career Comparison

Mike Cunningham
Pre-GenerationalSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Burleigh Grimes
Lost GenerationWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Burleigh Grimes 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 3.53 and 1.365 for Burleigh Grimes. 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 Burleigh Grimes

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.61
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
616
1.33
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
497
1.07
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
0.58
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
212
0.46
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.02
56.02
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.68
80.68
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
0.68
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.08
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.04
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.21
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1638
3.53
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12540
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4180
9
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
9.32
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4412
9.5
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.32
9.32
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.5
9.5
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
0.32
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
2.89
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1295
2.79
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.82
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1512
3.26
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.857
0.857
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.672
0.672
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.2
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.21
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.03
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
37.61
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17959
38.67
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.29
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
0.2
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.82
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2048
4.41
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.357
1.357
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.365
1.365
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
34.39
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16567
35.67
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.67
38.67

Fielding Stats for Mike Cunningham and Burleigh Grimes

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.61
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
616
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
27
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
9
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.93
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1252
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.57
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1548
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.57
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1477
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.41
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.398
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Cunningham and Burleigh Grimes

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
300
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
632
225.04
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1685
600
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1535
546.59
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.621
0.621
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
380
135.31
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
108.61
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
22.08
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
3.92
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.71
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
26.71
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.22
61.11
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135.16
48.13
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
470
167.36
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
454
161.66
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.306
0.306
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.588
0.588
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.482
0.482
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.293
0.293
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
55.91
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
168
59.82
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
323
115.01
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
82.59
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153.98
54.83
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.78
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
24.57
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 600 PA
241
85.82
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.99
6.99
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
27.06
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.36
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
5.34
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.42
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
6.77
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Burleigh Grimes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78.95
78.95