Brandon Dickson vs. Andy Sonnanstine — Career Comparison

Brandon Dickson
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Andy Sonnanstine
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Andy Sonnanstine built a career as a starting pitcher and Brandon Dickson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Andy Sonnanstine posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.26 and WHIP 1.414 compared to 5.94 and 1.740 for Brandon Dickson. By the career numbers, Andy Sonnanstine had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Dickson and Andy Sonnanstine

Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5.4
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
2.2
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.54
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.33
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.47
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.52
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.46
47.46
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.61
60.61
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.94
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
5.26
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.26
5.26
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.06
8.06
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.12
6.12
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
27
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1621
27
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.2
9
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
540.1
9
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
12.96
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
10.28
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.96
12.96
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.28
10.28
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
2.7
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.32
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
2.7
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
2.27
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.18
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
7.56
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
5.71
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.56
7.56
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.23
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.33
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
41.04
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2339
38.96
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.62
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.55
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
7.02
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
5.65
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.02
7.02
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.65
5.65
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.3
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.16
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.85
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.394
1.394
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
38.34
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2157
35.93
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.3
1.3
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.365
0.365
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.04
41.04
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.96
38.96

Fielding Stats for Brandon Dickson and Andy Sonnanstine

Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5.4
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
2.2
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.54
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.33
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
27
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1621
27
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.2
9
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
540.1
9
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.93
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.54
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.92
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.54
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
1.93
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.54
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
1.85
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.69
95.69
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.841
0.841
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.61
60.61
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Dickson and Andy Sonnanstine

Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
1200
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
2793.1
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
600
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
496.55
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
1.2
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.741
0.741
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
360
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
144.83
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
360
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
124.14
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.71
204.83
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.21
66.38
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
360
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
165.52
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
360
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
206.9
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
1.2
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.704
0.704
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.647
0.647
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
0.7
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
124.14
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
165.52
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.72
206.8
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.63
75.12
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
14
289.66
Brandon Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
2.07
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA