Mike Cunningham vs. Kris Medlen — Career Comparison

Mike Cunningham
Pre-GenerationalSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kris Medlen
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kris Medlen 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 3.33 and 1.223 for Kris Medlen. 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 Kris Medlen

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.61
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
2.61
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.14
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.62
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.39
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.19
61.19
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.68
43.68
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.21
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
3.33
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1798
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
599.1
9
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
9.32
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
566
8.5
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.32
9.32
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.5
8.5
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.75
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
2.89
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
2.45
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
4.82
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
496
7.45
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.85
2.85
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
0.857
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.23
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.23
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
37.61
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2467
37.05
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.29
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.39
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.82
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
3.71
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.35
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.81
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.357
1.357
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.216
1.216
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
34.39
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2256
33.88
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.61
37.61
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.05
37.05

Fielding Stats for Mike Cunningham and Kris Medlen

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.61
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
2.61
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.14
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1798
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
599.1
9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.54
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.93
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
1.38
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.57
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
1.97
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.57
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
1.92
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.71
97.71
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.736
0.736
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.68
43.68
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Cunningham and Kris Medlen

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
6
300
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
689.61
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
154
600
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
502.6
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.486
0.486
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
70.13
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
50.65
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.58
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
19.48
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.22
61.11
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.44
25.09
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
97.4
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
116.88
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.405
0.405
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
35.06
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
31.17
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
62.34
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
82.59
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.61
17.95
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
42.86
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
60
233.77
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.57
2.57
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
46.75
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100