Mike Cunningham vs. Jack McDowell — Career Comparison

Mike Cunningham
Pre-GenerationalSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack McDowell
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Jack McDowell 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 3.85 and 1.318 for Jack McDowell. 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 Jack McDowell

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.61
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
277
1.32
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
1.31
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.61
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.41
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.35
59.35
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.28
99.28
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.3
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.21
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
809
3.85
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5667
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1889
9
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
9.32
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1854
8.83
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.32
9.32
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
0.82
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
2.89
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
606
2.89
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.14
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
4.82
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1311
6.25
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.25
6.25
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
0.857
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.015
1.015
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.3
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.23
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
37.61
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7966
37.95
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.29
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.82
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
874
4.16
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.29
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.23
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.59
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.357
1.357
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.302
1.302
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
34.39
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7203
34.32
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Mike Cunningham and Jack McDowell

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.61
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
277
1.32
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
1.31
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5667
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1889
9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.66
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.93
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
1.17
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.57
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
1.89
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.57
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384
1.83
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.73
96.73
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.386
1.386
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.28
99.28
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.06
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Cunningham and Jack McDowell

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
300
Jack McDowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
277
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.22
61.11
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
82.59
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack McDowell
Career
Per 600 PA