Bill Kunkel vs. Pedro Martinez — Career Comparison

Bill Kunkel
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Pedro Martinez
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Pedro Martinez built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Kunkel as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Pedro Martinez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.93 and WHIP 1.065 compared to 4.29 and 1.451 for Bill Kunkel. By the career numbers, Pedro Martinez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Kunkel and Pedro Martinez

Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
5.61
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
476
1.52
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
1.3
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.38
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
0.7
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.38
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.32
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.65
68.65
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.92
85.92
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.15
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.05
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.25
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
4.29
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
919
2.93
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.215
0.215
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
428
27
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8482
27
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
142.2
9
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2827.1
9
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
9.65
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2221
7.07
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.65
9.65
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.07
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
0.76
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
3.09
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
760
2.42
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.32
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.1
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
5.24
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3154
10.04
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.04
10.04
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.925
0.925
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.384
1.384
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.5
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.2
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
0.45
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
623
39.3
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11394
36.27
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.46
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.07
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
5.05
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
3.2
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.24
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.2
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
0.47
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.416
1.416
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.054
1.054
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
574
36.21
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10356
32.97
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.11
2.11
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.3
39.3
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.27
36.27

Fielding Stats for Bill Kunkel and Pedro Martinez

Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
5.61
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
476
1.52
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
1.3
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
428
27
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8482
27
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
142.2
9
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2827.1
9
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.76
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
0.49
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.14
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
263
0.84
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.19
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.07
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.08
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
441
1.4
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.89
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
1.33
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.78
94.78
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.337
0.337
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.878
0.878
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.92
85.92
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.04
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Kunkel and Pedro Martinez

Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
89
3141.18
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
477
552.51
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
518
600
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
14
494.12
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
434
502.7
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.365
0.365
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
49.81
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
40.54
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.95
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.32
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
9.27
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.03
36.41
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.87
7.96
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
61.39
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
176.47
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
70.66
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.527
0.527
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
25.48
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
20.85
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
46.33
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.33
46.81
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
-8.05
-9.32
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.47
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
17.37
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
190
220.08
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
2.43
2.43
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.73
2.73
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
72.97
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.47
Bill Kunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5.79
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA