Ad Gumbert vs. Joe Kennedy — Career Comparison

Ad Gumbert
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Kennedy
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Kennedy built a career as a starting pitcher and Ad Gumbert as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ad Gumbert posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.27 and WHIP 1.490 compared to 4.79 and 1.496 for Joe Kennedy. By the career numbers, Ad Gumbert had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ad Gumbert and Joe Kennedy

Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
1.19
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
2.2
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
1.06
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.38
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.55
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.46
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.6
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.67
54.67
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.35
41.35
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.39
89.39
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.61
62.61
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.87
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
947
4.27
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
4.79
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5989
27
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2726
27
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1996.1
9
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
908.2
9
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2338
10.54
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1001
9.91
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.54
10.54
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.91
9.91
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.37
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
1.04
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
637
2.87
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
3.32
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.23
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
549
2.48
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
5.53
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.53
5.53
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.594
0.594
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.983
0.983
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.21
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.36
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.37
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.54
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8956
40.38
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4015
39.77
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.13
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.24
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1355
6.11
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
536
5.31
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.31
5.31
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.24
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.94
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8237
37.13
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3558
35.24
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.38
40.38
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.77
39.77

Fielding Stats for Ad Gumbert and Joe Kennedy

Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
1.19
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
2.2
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.38
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6888
27
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2726
27
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2296
9
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
908.2
9
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.68
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.48
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
1.72
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
1.27
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.24
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.22
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
2.64
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
1.96
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
2.4
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
1.74
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.94
90.94
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.02
2.02
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.793
0.793
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.61
62.61
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.05
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ad Gumbert and Joe Kennedy

Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
297
169.23
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
222
1293.2
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1053
600
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
103
600
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
960
547.01
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
91
530.1
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.757
0.757
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.481
0.481
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
264
150.43
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
16
93.2
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
197
112.25
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
75.73
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
18.8
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.65
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
10.83
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.83
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.55
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
38.18
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
17.48
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
137.16
78.15
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
3.89
22.67
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
380
216.52
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
20
116.5
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
355
202.28
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
19
110.68
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.396
0.396
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.734
0.734
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.422
0.422
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.704
0.704
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.314
0.314
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
88.32
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
6
34.95
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
70.66
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
8
46.6
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
264
150.43
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
14
81.55
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
148.66
84.71
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
3.41
19.86
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
6.27
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
45.58
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
17.48
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
153
87.18
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
145.63
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.88
6.88
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
4.12
4.12
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.14
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
52.43
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.83
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
10.83
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
10.83
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA