Roy Face vs. Sonny Parker — Career Comparison

Roy Face
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Sonny Parker
UnknownThrows LeftKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Sonny Parker built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy Face as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sonny Parker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 0 and WHIP 0.286 compared to 3.48 and 1.320 for Roy Face. By the career numbers, Sonny Parker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Face and Sonny Parker

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
5.55
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.68
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.62
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.26
52.26
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
1.26
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
531
3.48
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
-0.37
-0.37
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.046
0.046
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4125
27
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1375
9
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1347
8.82
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
0.92
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
362
2.37
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.69
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
877
5.74
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
9
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.901
0.901
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.21
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.09
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5691
37.25
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
29.57
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
574
3.76
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
3.87
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.243
1.243
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5315
34.79
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
28.29
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.067
0.067
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.25
37.25
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.57
29.57

Fielding Stats for Roy Face and Sonny Parker

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
6.07
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3773
27
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1257.2
9
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.74
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
1.52
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
10.29
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
2.36
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
10.29
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
2.26
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
10.29
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.76
95.76
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.373
0.373
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.65
1.65
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Face and Sonny Parker

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
853
2391.59
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
600
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
194
543.93
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.402
0.402
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
86.92
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
78.5
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.93
13.82
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
95.33
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
92.52
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
25.23
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
19.63
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
44.86
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.04
5.73
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
47
131.78
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.55
4.55
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
50.47
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.41
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA