Brian Rogers vs. Tom Sunkel — Career Comparison

MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tom Sunkel built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Rogers as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Sunkel posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.53 and WHIP 1.593 compared to 9.28 and 1.594 for Brian Rogers. By the career numbers, Tom Sunkel had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian Rogers and Tom Sunkel

Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
10.97
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
2.57
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.18
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.37
Brian Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.61
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.03
46.03
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Brian Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
9.28
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
4.53
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.37
8.37
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
27
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
661
27
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
9
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220.1
9
Brian Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
11.81
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
8.9
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.81
11.81
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.9
8.9
Brian Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
3.38
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.45
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Brian Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.53
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
5.43
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
6.75
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
4.57
Brian Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.031
1.031
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Brian Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.84
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.41
Brian Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.84
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
39.66
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1001
40.89
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
4.22
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.78
Brian Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
9.28
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
5.15
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.15
5.15
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.69
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.84
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.84
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.594
1.594
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.593
1.593
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
33.75
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
866
35.37
Brian Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.66
39.66
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.89
40.89

Fielding Stats for Brian Rogers and Tom Sunkel

Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
10.97
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
27
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.2
9
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.69
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Brian Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.69
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.69
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Brian Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.55
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.154
0.154
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.46
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Rogers and Tom Sunkel

Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
13
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
547.83
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
600
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
573.91
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
104.35
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.45
29.97
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
139.13
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
130.43
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
78.26
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.56
30.96
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
22
191.3
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.14
3.14
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA