Mike Cunningham vs. Jim Maloney — Career Comparison

Mike Cunningham
Pre-GenerationalSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Maloney
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Maloney 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. Jim Maloney posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.19 and WHIP 1.280 compared to 3.21 and 1.357 for Mike Cunningham. By the career numbers, Jim Maloney had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Cunningham and Jim Maloney

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.61
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
1.47
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
1.28
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.65
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.41
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.47
61.47
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.75
86.75
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.36
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.15
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
3.21
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
655
3.19
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5547
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1849
9
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
9.32
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1518
7.39
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.32
9.32
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.39
7.39
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
0.67
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.89
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 9 Innings
810
3.94
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.19
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
4.82
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1605
7.81
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.31
5.31
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
0.857
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.306
1.306
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.6
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.18
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
37.61
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7745
37.7
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.29
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.09
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.82
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
729
3.55
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.357
1.357
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
34.39
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6892
33.55
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.7
37.7

Fielding Stats for Mike Cunningham and Jim Maloney

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.61
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
1.47
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
1.27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5550
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1850
9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
0.49
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.93
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.13
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.57
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348
1.69
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.57
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
333
1.62
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.69
95.69
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.099
1.099
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.47
86.47
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Cunningham and Jim Maloney

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
300
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
276.72
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
696
600
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
628
541.38
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.557
0.557
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
126
108.62
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
81.03
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
18.1
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.45
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.03
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
27.59
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.22
61.11
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42.86
36.94
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
176
151.72
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
160
137.93
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.521
0.521
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
43.97
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
45.69
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
83.62
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
82.59
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41.25
35.56
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.86
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
28.45
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 600 PA
139
119.83
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.01
5.01
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
26.72
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.59
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Maloney
Career
Per 600 PA
11
9.48
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.72
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.72
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.45
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Maloney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50