Harry Keener vs. Tom Sunkel — Career Comparison

Harry Keener
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tom Sunkel
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tom Sunkel built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Keener as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Sunkel posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.53 and WHIP 1.593 compared to 5.88 and 1.615 for Harry Keener. By the career numbers, Tom Sunkel had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Keener and Tom Sunkel

Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.27
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
2.57
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.03
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.18
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.37
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.87
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.61
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.03
46.03
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.87
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.88
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
4.53
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
27
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
661
27
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
113.1
9
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220.1
9
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
11.44
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
8.9
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.44
11.44
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.9
8.9
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.45
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
3.1
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
5.43
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
2.22
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
4.57
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.591
0.591
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.71
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
41.06
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1001
40.89
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.78
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
8.1
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
5.15
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.15
5.15
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.615
1.615
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.593
1.593
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
37.24
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
866
35.37
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.06
41.06
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.89
40.89

Fielding Stats for Harry Keener and Tom Sunkel

Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.27
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
27
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
9
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.15
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.79
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.55
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.43
91.43
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.55
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Keener
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Keener and Tom Sunkel

Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
16
184.62
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
547.83
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
52
600
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
588.46
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
573.91
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.314
0.314
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.486
0.486
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
184.62
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
14
121.74
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
138.46
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
46.15
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.39
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
46.15
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.39
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.8
78.43
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
3.45
29.97
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
230.77
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
16
139.13
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
196.15
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
15
130.43
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.719
0.719
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.466
0.466
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.686
0.686
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.327
0.327
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
6
69.23
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
150
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
9
78.26
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.52
86.79
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
3.56
30.96
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
69.23
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
22
191.3
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
3.14
3.14
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Keener
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Keener
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA