Mike Cunningham vs. Jerry Nyman — Career Comparison

Mike Cunningham
Pre-GenerationalSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jerry Nyman
Silent GenerationUtahThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jerry Nyman 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 4.57 and 1.477 for Jerry Nyman. 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 Jerry Nyman

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.61
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.45
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.55
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.49
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.57
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.33
63.33
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.21
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
4.57
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110.1
9
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
9.32
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
8.48
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.32
9.32
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.73
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.89
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
4.65
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
4.82
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
5.63
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.63
5.63
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
0.857
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.142
1.142
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
37.61
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
39.4
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.29
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.82
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
5.06
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.357
1.357
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.459
1.459
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
34.39
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
34.59
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.4
39.4

Fielding Stats for Mike Cunningham and Jerry Nyman

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.61
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.45
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.55
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
27
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
9
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.93
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.23
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.57
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1.55
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.57
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.39
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.47
89.47
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.567
0.567
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.33
63.33
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Cunningham and Jerry Nyman

Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
6
300
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
518.92
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
600
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
535.14
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
48.65
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.22
61.11
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.64
10.37
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
64.86
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
81.08
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
48.65
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
81.08
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
82.59
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.67
-10.89
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 600 PA
23
372.97
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.61
1.61
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Jerry Nyman
Career
Per 600 PA