Jack Kull vs. Andy Sonnanstine — Career Comparison

Jack Kull
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Andy Sonnanstine
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Andy Sonnanstine built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Kull as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Kull posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 2.667 compared to 5.26 and 1.414 for Andy Sonnanstine. By the career numbers, Jack Kull had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Kull and Andy Sonnanstine

Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
2.2
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.33
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.47
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.52
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.46
47.46
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.61
60.61
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
5.26
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.51
9.51
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.33
6.33
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1621
27
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
540.1
9
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
9
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
617
10.28
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.28
10.28
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.32
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
15
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
2.27
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.18
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
12
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
5.71
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.23
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.33
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
54
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2339
38.96
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.55
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
5.65
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.3
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.85
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.667
2.667
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.394
1.394
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
36
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2157
35.93
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
54
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.96
38.96

Fielding Stats for Jack Kull and Andy Sonnanstine

Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
2.2
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.33
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1621
27
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
540.1
9
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.93
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.92
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
1.93
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
1.85
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.69
95.69
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.841
0.841
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.61
60.61
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Kull and Andy Sonnanstine

Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
2793.1
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
600
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
496.55
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.741
0.741
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
144.83
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
124.14
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.21
66.38
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
165.52
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
206.9
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.704
0.704
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
0.7
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
124.14
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1200
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1200
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
165.52
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
423.33
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.63
75.12
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
14
289.66
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
2.07
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA