Mike Cunningham vs. Hal Newhouser — Career Comparison

Mike Cunningham
Pre-GenerationalSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Hal Newhouser
Greatest GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVPAll-Star

Hal Newhouser 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. Hal Newhouser posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.06 and WHIP 1.311 compared to 3.21 and 1.357 for Mike Cunningham. By the career numbers, Hal Newhouser had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Cunningham and Hal Newhouser

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.61
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
488
1.47
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
1.12
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.62
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
0.45
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.98
57.98
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.64
76.64
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
0.64
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.1
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.08
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
3.21
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1016
3.06
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8979
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2993
9
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
9.32
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2674
8.04
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.32
9.32
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.04
8.04
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.41
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.89
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1249
3.76
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
4.82
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1796
5.4
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
0.857
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.017
1.017
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.06
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.02
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
37.61
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12648
38.03
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.29
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
0.24
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.82
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1197
3.6
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.357
1.357
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.311
1.311
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
34.39
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11380
34.22
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.03
38.03

Fielding Stats for Mike Cunningham and Hal Newhouser

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.61
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
89.63
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
24.8
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.93
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
611
112.22
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
4.04
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.57
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
768
141.06
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.57
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
137.02
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.14
97.14
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.529
1.529
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
7.35
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Cunningham and Hal Newhouser

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
300
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
492
254.48
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1160
600
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
999
516.72
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.552
0.552
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
201
103.97
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
90.52
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
11.38
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.03
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.03
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
13.45
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.22
61.11
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.45
30.75
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
233
120.52
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
150
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
36.72
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
41.9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
77.59
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
82.59
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66.85
34.58
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
46.03
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
150
77.59
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.73
7.73
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.59
0.59
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
37.24
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
24
12.41
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.55
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.55
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.1
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50