Tom Funk vs. Milt Pappas — Career Comparison

Tom Funk
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Milt Pappas
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Milt Pappas built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Funk as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Milt Pappas posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.4 and WHIP 1.253 compared to 6.48 and 1.920 for Tom Funk. By the career numbers, Milt Pappas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Funk and Milt Pappas

Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.64
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
520
1.47
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
465
1.31
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.59
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
0.46
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.03
56.03
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.42
89.42
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.36
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.12
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.48
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1203
3.4
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.24
6.24
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
27
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9558
27
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
9
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3186
9
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
10.8
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3046
8.6
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.08
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
0.84
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.48
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.42
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.25
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.16
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1728
4.88
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.27
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.2
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
44.28
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13198
37.28
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.16
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.48
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1331
3.76
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.07
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.05
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
37.8
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12224
34.53
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.28
44.28
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.28
37.28

Fielding Stats for Tom Funk and Milt Pappas

Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.64
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
1.47
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
1.32
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
27
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9559
27
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
9
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3186.1
9
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.08
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
0.69
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.08
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
1.37
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.06
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.16
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
754
2.13
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.16
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
731
2.06
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.95
96.95
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.403
1.403
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.44
89.44
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.11
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Funk and Milt Pappas

Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
4800
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
527
269.34
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1174
600
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1073
548.38
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.398
0.398
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
67.46
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
49.06
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
6.64
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.53
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
10.22
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
18.4
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42.98
21.96
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
107.84
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
176
89.95
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.354
0.354
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
36.8
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
34.24
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
60.82
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.48
3.31
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
4.09
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
18.4
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
510
260.65
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.3
2.3
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
26.58
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.56
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PA
13
6.64
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.51
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.51
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100