Eric Gunderson vs. Sterling Slaughter — Career Comparison

Eric Gunderson
Gen XOregonThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sterling Slaughter
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Sterling Slaughter built a career as a starting pitcher and Eric Gunderson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Eric Gunderson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.95 and WHIP 1.642 compared to 5.75 and 1.974 for Sterling Slaughter. By the career numbers, Eric Gunderson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eric Gunderson and Sterling Slaughter

Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
9.98
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
3.48
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.2
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.05
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.31
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.43
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.7
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.11
42.11
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.97
1.97
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
4.95
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
5.75
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
687
27
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
9
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
10.77
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
11.15
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.77
10.77
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.15
11.15
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.14
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.39
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
3.3
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
5.57
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.71
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.05
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
5.38
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
5.57
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.57
5.57
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.965
0.965
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.239
1.239
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.51
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.39
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1031
40.52
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
43.03
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.85
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
5.5
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
6.1
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.55
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.98
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.563
1.563
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.858
1.858
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
917
36.04
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
37.45
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.52
40.52
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.03
43.03

Fielding Stats for Eric Gunderson and Sterling Slaughter

Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
9.98
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
3.48
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.2
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.05
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
687
27
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
9
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.43
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.26
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.73
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.05
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.69
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.05
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.73
97.73
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.169
0.169
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.97
1.97
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Eric Gunderson and Sterling Slaughter

Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
254
21771.43
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
20
923.08
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
600
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
1.54
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
7.62
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.33
-28.28
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.29
-13.25
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
342.86
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
8
369.23
Eric Gunderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
1.75
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.63
1.63
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gunderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA