Kyle Farnsworth vs. Sonny Parker — Career Comparison

Kyle Farnsworth
Gen XKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sonny Parker
UnknownThrows LeftKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Sonny Parker built a career as a starting pitcher and Kyle Farnsworth 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 4.26 and 1.409 for Kyle Farnsworth. By the career numbers, Sonny Parker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kyle Farnsworth and Sonny Parker

Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
893
8.13
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.24
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.39
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.6
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.45
39.45
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.52
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
468
4.26
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
-0.37
-0.37
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.046
0.046
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2966
27
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
988.2
9
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
944
8.59
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.59
8.59
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
1.2
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
412
3.75
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.34
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963
8.77
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
9
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.77
8.77
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.391
1.391
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.143
1.143
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.39
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.25
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4281
38.97
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
29.57
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
2.67
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
509
4.63
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.36
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.28
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.41
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.372
1.372
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3771
34.33
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
28.29
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.067
0.067
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.97
38.97
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.57
29.57

Fielding Stats for Kyle Farnsworth and Sonny Parker

Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
893
8.13
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.24
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2966
27
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
988.2
9
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.55
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.95
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
10.29
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179
1.63
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
10.29
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
1.49
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
10.29
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.62
91.62
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.184
0.184
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kyle Farnsworth and Sonny Parker

Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
893
8118.18
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
600
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
490.91
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.341
0.341
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
36.36
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
27.27
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.68
6.19
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
45.45
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
63.64
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
27.27
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
27.27
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
54.55
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.48
-13.43
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.18
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
18
163.64
Sonny Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.67
3.67
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
72.73
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
Sonny Parker
Career
Per 600 PA