Mike Cunningham vs. Cal Koonce — Career Comparison

Mike Cunningham
Pre-GenerationalSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cal Koonce
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cal Koonce 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 3.78 and 1.438 for Cal Koonce. 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 Cal Koonce

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.61
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
3.09
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.83
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.44
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.45
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.96
48.96
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.95
26.95
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.22
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.21
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
3.78
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2914
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
971.1
9
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
9.32
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
972
9.01
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.32
9.32
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.01
9.01
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.79
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.89
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
368
3.41
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.53
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.82
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
504
4.67
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
0.857
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.898
0.898
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.19
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
37.61
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4157
38.52
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.29
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
0.98
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.82
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
4.3
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.357
1.357
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
34.39
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3758
34.82
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.52
38.52

Fielding Stats for Mike Cunningham and Cal Koonce

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.61
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
3.1
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.83
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2912
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
970.2
9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.75
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.93
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
1.81
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.57
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
2.61
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.57
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
2.56
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.22
98.22
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.826
0.826
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.95
26.95
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.15
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Cunningham and Cal Koonce

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
6
300
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
336
738.46
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
273
600
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
239
525.27
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
52.75
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
46.15
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.59
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.59
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.22
61.11
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.23
9.29
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
59.34
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
94.51
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
43.96
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
17.58
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
61.54
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
82.59
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.93
-6.43
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.4
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
37.36
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
99
217.58
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.76
2.76
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.77
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.2
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.79
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA