Hal Newhouser vs. Pete Sunkett — Career Comparison

Hal Newhouser
Greatest GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVPAll-Star
Pete Sunkett
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Hal Newhouser and Pete Sunkett are fairly close on the surface numbers. Hal Newhouser posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.06 vs 5.2) and WHIP (1.311 vs 1.431). Pete Sunkett had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.11 per nine innings vs 0.41). By the career numbers, Hal Newhouser 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 Hal Newhouser and Pete Sunkett

Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
488
1.47
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.03
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
1.12
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.79
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.62
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.56
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
0.45
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.34
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.98
57.98
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.64
76.64
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
0.64
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.1
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.08
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1016
3.06
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
5.2
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8979
27
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2993
9
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2674
8.04
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
8.81
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.04
8.04
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.41
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1249
3.76
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
3.95
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1796
5.4
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
4.18
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.06
2.06
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.017
1.017
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.904
0.904
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.06
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.02
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12648
38.03
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
40.33
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
0.24
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1197
3.6
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
6.44
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.56
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.56
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.311
1.311
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.418
1.418
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11380
34.22
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
35.59
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33

Fielding Stats for Hal Newhouser and Pete Sunkett

Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
89.63
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.91
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.76
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
27
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
496
27
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
9
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165.1
9
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
24.8
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.09
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
611
112.22
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
2.99
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
4.04
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.27
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
768
141.06
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
4.35
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
137.02
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
4.08
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.14
97.14
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.529
1.529
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.143
2.143
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
7.35
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Hal Newhouser and Pete Sunkett

Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
492
254.48
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
278.57
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1160
600
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
84
600
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
999
516.72
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
80
571.43
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.552
0.552
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.518
0.518
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
201
103.97
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
114.29
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
90.52
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
12
85.71
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
11.38
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.29
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.03
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.29
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.03
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
13.45
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
28.57
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.45
30.75
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.13
36.62
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
233
120.52
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
157.14
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
150
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
19
135.71
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.391
0.391
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
36.72
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
78.57
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
41.9
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
57.14
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
77.59
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
135.71
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66.85
34.58
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.43
38.81
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
46.03
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.43
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
150
77.59
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.29
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
7.73
7.73
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
42
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.59
0.59
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
37.24
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.14
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
24
12.41
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.55
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.55
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.1
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA