Tom Funk vs. Casey Patten — Career Comparison

Tom Funk
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Casey Patten
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Casey Patten 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. Casey Patten posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.36 and WHIP 1.315 compared to 6.48 and 1.920 for Tom Funk. By the career numbers, Casey Patten had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Funk and Casey Patten

Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.64
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
270
1.18
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
1.04
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.46
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.56
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.3
45.3
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.15
88.15
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
0.9
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.48
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
770
3.36
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.24
6.24
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
27
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6187
27
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
9
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2062.1
9
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
10.8
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2154
9.4
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.4
9.4
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.08
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.17
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.48
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
2.43
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.16
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
757
3.3
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.637
0.637
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.12
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.32
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
44.28
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8622
37.63
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.16
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.12
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.48
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1079
4.71
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.315
1.315
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
37.8
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7991
34.87
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.28
44.28
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.63
37.63

Fielding Stats for Tom Funk and Casey Patten

Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.64
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
273
1.18
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.61
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
27
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6228
27
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
9
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2076
9
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.08
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
0.65
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.08
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
568
2.46
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.23
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.16
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
771
3.34
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.16
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
717
3.11
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
93
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.626
2.626
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.28
51.28
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Funk and Casey Patten

Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
4800
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
273
202.22
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
810
600
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
743
550.37
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.362
0.362
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
69.63
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
62.96
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.7
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.48
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.48
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.67
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.78
15.39
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
80.74
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
100
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
32.59
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
25.19
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
56.3
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.69
4.22
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.67
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
23.7
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PAverified
204
151.11
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.97
3.97
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
19.26
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.22
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.22
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100