Cliff Melton vs. Pete Sunkett — Career Comparison

Cliff Melton
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Pete Sunkett
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Cliff Melton and Pete Sunkett are fairly close on the surface numbers. Cliff Melton posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.42 vs 5.2) and WHIP (1.291 vs 1.431). Pete Sunkett had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.11 per nine innings vs 0.49). By the career numbers, Cliff Melton had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Cliff Melton and Pete Sunkett

Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
1.68
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.03
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
1.11
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.79
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
0.53
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.56
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.5
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.34
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.81
51.81
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.81
65.81
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.4
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.1
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
3.42
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
5.2
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4361
27
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453.2
9
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1446
8.95
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
8.81
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.95
8.95
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.49
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
2.67
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
3.95
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
660
4.09
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
4.18
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.06
2.06
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.904
0.904
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.11
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.14
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6159
38.13
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
40.33
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.33
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
4.14
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
6.44
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.56
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.56
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.291
1.291
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.418
1.418
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5706
35.33
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
35.59
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.13
38.13
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33

Fielding Stats for Cliff Melton and Pete Sunkett

Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.91
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.76
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
496
27
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165.1
9
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.09
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.99
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.27
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
458
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.35
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
4.08
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.51
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.625
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.143
2.143
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cliff Melton and Pete Sunkett

Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
272
302.22
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
39
278.57
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
540
600
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
84
600
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
469
521.11
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
80
571.43
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
0.45
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.518
0.518
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
85.56
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
114.29
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
78.89
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
85.71
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
4.44
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.29
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.22
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.29
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
6.67
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
28.57
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.8
16.44
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.13
36.62
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
94.44
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
157.14
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
107.78
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
135.71
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
31.11
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
78.57
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
35.56
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
57.14
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
66.67
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
135.71
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.46
12.73
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.43
38.81
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
22.22
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.43
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
108
120
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.29
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
42
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
56.67
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.14
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
10
11.11
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA