Mike Cunningham vs. Bud Mitchell — Career Comparison

Mike Cunningham
Pre-GenerationalSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Mitchell
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaHilldale ClubEast-West LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Mitchell 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 3.86 and 1.214 for Bud Mitchell. 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 Bud Mitchell

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.61
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.93
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.21
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
3.86
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
9.32
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
8.04
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.32
9.32
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.04
8.04
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.89
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.89
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.82
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.89
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.857
0.857
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
0.643
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
37.61
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
38.25
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.29
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
4.82
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
4.82
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.96
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.357
1.357
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.214
1.214
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
34.39
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
34.39
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.25
38.25

Fielding Stats for Mike Cunningham and Bud Mitchell

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.61
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.81
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89.2
9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.2
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.93
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.41
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.57
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.61
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.57
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.61
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Cunningham and Bud Mitchell

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
6
300
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
323.08
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
600
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
538.46
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.513
0.513
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
107.69
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
92.31
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.22
61.11
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.98
30.53
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
123.08
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
138.46
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.472
0.472
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
30.77
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
76.92
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
82.59
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.24
34.52
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA