Mike Cunningham vs. Danny MacFayden — Career Comparison

Mike Cunningham
Pre-GenerationalSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny MacFayden
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny MacFayden 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 3.96 and 1.424 for Danny MacFayden. 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 Danny MacFayden

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.61
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
1.55
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.1
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.44
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
0.53
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.36
45.36
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.4
71.4
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
0.53
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.06
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.03
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.21
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1191
3.96
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8118
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2706
9
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
9.32
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2981
9.91
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.32
9.32
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.91
9.91
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.37
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.89
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
872
2.9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.9
2.9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.82
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
797
2.65
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.71
1.71
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.857
0.857
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.617
0.617
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.07
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.21
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
37.61
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11805
39.26
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.29
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.25
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.82
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1395
4.64
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.357
1.357
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
34.39
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10869
36.15
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.26
39.26

Fielding Stats for Mike Cunningham and Danny MacFayden

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.61
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
466
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
27
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
9
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.93
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
635
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.57
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
792
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.57
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
753
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.08
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.616
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Cunningham and Danny MacFayden

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
300
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
470
280.04
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1007
600
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
910
542.2
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.407
0.407
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
76.86
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
60.77
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
13.11
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.38
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.6
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
16.09
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.22
61.11
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29.47
17.56
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
96.52
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
171
101.89
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
39.32
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
28
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
66.73
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
82.59
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.8
7.63
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.6
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
24.43
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
309
184.11
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.26
3.26
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
32.77
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
7
4.17
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.6
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.6
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.19
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50