Bill Kling vs. Tom Sunkel — Career Comparison

Bill Kling
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats LeftNorth 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 Bill Kling 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 5.17 and 1.701 for Bill Kling. By the career numbers, Tom Sunkel had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Kling and Tom Sunkel

Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.55
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
2.57
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.93
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.18
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.61
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.03
46.03
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
5.17
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
4.53
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
27
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
661
27
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
9
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220.1
9
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
11.17
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
8.9
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.17
11.17
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.9
8.9
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.31
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.45
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
4.14
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
5.43
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
3.41
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
4.57
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.839
0.839
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.83
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.41
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
412
42.62
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1001
40.89
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.62
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.78
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
7.97
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
5.15
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.15
5.15
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.701
1.701
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.593
1.593
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
38.07
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
866
35.37
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.62
42.62
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.89
40.89

Fielding Stats for Bill Kling and Tom Sunkel

Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.58
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
27
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
9
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.48
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.68
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.58
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.55
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Kling and Tom Sunkel

Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
16
218.18
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
547.83
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
44
600
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
36
490.91
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
573.91
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.486
0.486
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
7
95.45
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
6
81.82
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
104.35
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.64
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.64
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.88
52.91
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
3.45
29.97
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
9
122.73
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
139.13
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
204.55
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
15
130.43
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.341
0.341
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.466
0.466
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.586
0.586
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.327
0.327
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
4
54.55
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40.91
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
95.45
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
78.26
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.45
60.67
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
3.56
30.96
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
109.09
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
68.18
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
22
191.3
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.8
8.8
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
3.14
3.14
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.6
1.6
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA