Mike Cunningham vs. Ross Grimsley — Career Comparison

Mike Cunningham
Pre-GenerationalSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ross Grimsley
Baby BoomersKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ross Grimsley 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 3.81 and 1.330 for Ross Grimsley. 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 Ross Grimsley

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.61
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345
1.52
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
1.3
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.55
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.44
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.61
55.61
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.51
85.51
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.35
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.21
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
863
3.81
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6118
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2039.1
9
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
9.32
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2105
9.29
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.32
9.32
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.29
9.29
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
0.89
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
2.89
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
2.47
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.22
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.82
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750
3.31
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.857
0.857
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.642
0.642
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.18
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
37.61
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8544
37.71
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.29
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.08
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.82
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
947
4.18
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.51
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.76
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.357
1.357
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.306
1.306
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
34.39
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7792
34.39
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.71
37.71

Fielding Stats for Mike Cunningham and Ross Grimsley

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.61
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345
1.52
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
1.3
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6118
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2039.1
9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.26
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.93
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
357
1.58
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.57
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
430
1.9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.57
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
1.84
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.98
96.98
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.209
1.209
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.51
85.51
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.06
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Cunningham and Ross Grimsley

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
6
300
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
346
519
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
400
600
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
353
529.5
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
67.5
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
61.5
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.22
61.11
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.1
9.15
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
73.5
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
78
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
31.5
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
22.5
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
54
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
82.59
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.33
-5
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.5
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
116
174
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.45
3.45
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
58.5
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.5
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.5
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Ross Grimsley
Career
Per 600 PA