Mike Cunningham vs. Jim Missouri — Career Comparison

Mike Cunningham
Pre-GenerationalSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Missouri
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Jim Missouri 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 5.78 and 1.540 for Jim Missouri. 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 Jim Missouri

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.61
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.42
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.19
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.91
40.91
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.12
49.12
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.47
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.21
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
5.78
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
635
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211.2
9
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
9.32
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
10.29
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.32
9.32
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.29
10.29
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.72
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.89
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
3.57
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
4.82
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
5.23
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
0.857
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.978
0.978
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
37.61
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
962
40.9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.29
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.81
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.82
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
6.76
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.76
6.76
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.02
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.47
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.357
1.357
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
34.39
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
852
36.23
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.9
40.9

Fielding Stats for Mike Cunningham and Jim Missouri

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.61
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.42
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.19
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
635
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211.2
9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.93
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
2.21
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.57
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
2.55
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.57
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
2.3
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.947
0.947
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.12
49.12
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Cunningham and Jim Missouri

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
6
300
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
462.16
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
600
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
567.57
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.22
61.11
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.36
11
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
82.59
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.28
-2.24
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA