Ed Palmquist vs. Andy Sonnanstine — Career Comparison

Ed Palmquist
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Andy Sonnanstine
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Andy Sonnanstine built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Palmquist as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Palmquist posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.11 and WHIP 1.762 compared to 5.26 and 1.414 for Andy Sonnanstine. By the career numbers, Ed Palmquist had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Palmquist and Andy Sonnanstine

Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
4.72
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
2.2
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.33
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.47
Ed Palmquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.39
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.52
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.46
47.46
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.61
60.61
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ed Palmquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
5.11
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
5.26
Ed Palmquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Ed Palmquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
27
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1621
27
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.2
9
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
540.1
9
Ed Palmquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
10.09
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
617
10.28
Ed Palmquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.09
10.09
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.28
10.28
Ed Palmquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.7
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.32
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.7
1.7
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Ed Palmquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Ed Palmquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
4.72
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
2.27
Ed Palmquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.05
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.18
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
5.37
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
5.71
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Ed Palmquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.121
1.121
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Ed Palmquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.39
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.23
Ed Palmquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.79
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.33
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
41.29
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2339
38.96
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.31
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.55
Ed Palmquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
6.16
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
5.65
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.65
5.65
Ed Palmquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Ed Palmquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.3
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.85
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.646
1.646
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.394
1.394
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
273
35.78
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2157
35.93
Ed Palmquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Ed Palmquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Ed Palmquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.29
41.29
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.96
38.96

Fielding Stats for Ed Palmquist and Andy Sonnanstine

Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
4.72
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
2.2
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.33
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
27
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1621
27
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.2
9
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
540.1
9
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.39
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.93
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.7
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.92
Ed Palmquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.23
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
1.93
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.1
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
1.85
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.69
95.69
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.841
0.841
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.61
60.61
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.26
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Palmquist and Andy Sonnanstine

Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
36
1800
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
2793.1
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
600
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
500
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
496.55
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.741
0.741
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
144.83
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
124.14
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.21
66.38
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
165.52
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
206.9
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.704
0.704
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
124.14
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
165.52
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.95
-47.41
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.63
75.12
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Palmquist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
14
289.66
Ed Palmquist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
2.07
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Palmquist
Career
Per 600 PA
Andy Sonnanstine
Career
Per 600 PA