Fred Kipp vs. Andy Sonnanstine — Career Comparison

Fred Kipp
Silent GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Andy Sonnanstine
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Andy Sonnanstine built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Kipp as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Kipp posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.08 and WHIP 1.544 compared to 5.26 and 1.414 for Andy Sonnanstine. By the career numbers, Fred Kipp had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Kipp and Andy Sonnanstine

Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
3.73
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
2.2
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.71
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.33
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.47
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.56
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.52
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.46
47.46
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.15
19.15
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.61
60.61
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
5.08
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
5.26
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.08
5.08
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
27
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1621
27
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
113.1
9
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
540.1
9
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
9.45
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
617
10.28
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.45
9.45
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.28
10.28
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.43
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.32
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
3.81
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
2.27
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.64
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.18
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
5.08
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
5.71
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.988
0.988
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.23
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.33
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
491
38.99
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2339
38.96
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.87
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.55
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
5.32
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
5.65
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.3
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.85
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.474
1.474
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.394
1.394
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
442
35.1
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2157
35.93
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.99
38.99
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.96
38.96

Fielding Stats for Fred Kipp and Andy Sonnanstine

Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
3.73
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
2.2
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.71
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.33
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
27
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1621
27
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
113.1
9
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
540.1
9
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.56
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.93
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.75
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.92
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.3
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
1.93
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.3
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
1.85
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.69
95.69
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.617
0.617
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.841
0.841
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.15
19.15
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.61
60.61
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Kipp and Andy Sonnanstine

Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
49
773.68
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
2793.1
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
600
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
584.21
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
24
496.55
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.54
0.54
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.741
0.741
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
142.11
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
144.83
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
126.32
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
6
124.14
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
2.55
40.22
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.21
66.38
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
157.89
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
165.52
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
10
157.89
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
206.9
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.534
0.534
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.704
0.704
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
4
63.16
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
124.14
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
5
78.95
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
165.52
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
47.86
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.63
75.12
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
63.16
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
14
289.66
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.5
9.5
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
2.07
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA