Davy Dunkle vs. Tom Sunkel — Career Comparison

Davy Dunkle
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tom Sunkel
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tom Sunkel built a career as a starting pitcher and Davy Dunkle as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Sunkel posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.53 and WHIP 1.593 compared to 5.02 and 1.580 for Davy Dunkle. By the career numbers, Tom Sunkel had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Davy Dunkle and Tom Sunkel

Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.3
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
2.57
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.18
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.36
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.37
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.64
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.61
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.17
36.17
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.05
77.05
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.03
46.03
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
5.02
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
4.53
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1263
27
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
661
27
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
421
9
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
220.1
9
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
10.75
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
8.9
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.75
10.75
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.9
8.9
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.21
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.45
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.46
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
5.43
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
2.97
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
4.57
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.715
0.715
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.38
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.45
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1887
40.34
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1001
40.89
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.78
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
319
6.82
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
5.15
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.82
6.82
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.15
5.15
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.58
1.58
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.593
1.593
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1704
36.43
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
866
35.37
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.34
40.34
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.89
40.89

Fielding Stats for Davy Dunkle and Tom Sunkel

Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.31
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1260
27
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
9
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.26
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
2.01
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.61
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
2.27
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.89
86.89
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.55
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.738
1.738
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18.03
18.03
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Davy Dunkle and Tom Sunkel

Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
62
220.12
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
547.83
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
169
600
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
164
582.25
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
66
573.91
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
0.42
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
110.06
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
102.96
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
104.35
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.1
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.1
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.58
23.37
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.45
29.97
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
117.16
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
139.13
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
124.26
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
130.43
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
8
28.4
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
35.5
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
63.91
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
78.26
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.31
22.4
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.56
30.96
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.2
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
127.81
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
191.3
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.69
4.69
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
3.14
3.14
Davy Dunkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.55
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Davy Dunkle
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA