Mike Cunningham vs. Jimmy Key — Career Comparison

Mike Cunningham
Pre-GenerationalSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jimmy Key
Baby BoomersAlabamaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jimmy Key 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 1.241 for Jimmy Key. 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 Jimmy Key

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.61
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
1.63
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.35
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
0.65
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.41
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.39
61.39
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.77
82.77
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.12
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.05
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.03
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.21
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
1010
3.51
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7775
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2591.2
9
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
9.32
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2518
8.74
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.32
9.32
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.74
8.74
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
0.88
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
2.89
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
668
2.32
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.1
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
4.82
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1538
5.34
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.34
5.34
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.857
0.857
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.851
0.851
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.17
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.13
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
37.61
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10719
37.22
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.29
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.1
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.82
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1104
3.83
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.31
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.24
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
0.81
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.357
1.357
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
34.39
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9856
34.23
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.61
37.61
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.22
37.22

Fielding Stats for Mike Cunningham and Jimmy Key

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.61
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
1.63
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.35
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7775
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2591.2
9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
0.6
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.93
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
1.57
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.08
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.57
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
646
2.24
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.57
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
624
2.17
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.59
96.59
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.328
1.328
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.77
82.77
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.12
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Cunningham and Jimmy Key

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
6
300
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
471
94200
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.22
61.11
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
82.59
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.19
-38.03
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA