Chris Mahoney vs. Scott Sullivan — Career Comparison

Chris Mahoney
Lost GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Scott Sullivan
Gen XAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chris Mahoney built a career as a starting pitcher and Scott Sullivan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chris Mahoney posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.27 and WHIP 1.909 compared to 3.98 and 1.368 for Scott Sullivan. By the career numbers, Chris Mahoney had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chris Mahoney and Scott Sullivan

Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.64
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
6.81
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.82
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.49
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.82
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.34
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.82
58.82
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.82
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.27
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
326
3.98
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.79
6.79
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
27
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2212
27
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
9
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
737.1
9
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
13.09
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
671
8.19
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.09
13.09
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.19
8.19
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.82
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
1.09
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
4.09
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
3.43
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.7
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
4.91
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
7.59
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.39
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.73
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
44.18
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3146
38.4
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.82
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
1.56
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
9
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
4.31
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.23
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.38
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.76
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.909
1.909
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.291
1.291
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
40.09
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2755
33.63
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.18
44.18
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.4
38.4

Fielding Stats for Chris Mahoney and Scott Sullivan

Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.42
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
6.81
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.95
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
27
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2212
27
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
9
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
737.1
9
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.47
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.45
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.84
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.87
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.15
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.32
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
1.46
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.32
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
1.32
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.333
2.333
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.194
0.194
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.47
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chris Mahoney and Scott Sullivan

Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
559
6576.47
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
600
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
564.71
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
10.96
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.3
3.49
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.76
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
23.53
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-2.13
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.29
-26.96
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
28
329.41
Chris Mahoney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
1.82
1.82
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
35.29
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Mahoney
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA