Enrique Romo vs. Tom Sunkel — Career Comparison

Enrique Romo
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tom Sunkel
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tom Sunkel built a career as a starting pitcher and Enrique Romo as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Enrique Romo posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.45 and WHIP 1.310 compared to 4.53 and 1.593 for Tom Sunkel. By the career numbers, Enrique Romo had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Enrique Romo and Tom Sunkel

Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
5.22
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
2.57
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.18
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.66
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.49
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.61
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.03
46.03
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.78
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
3.45
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
4.53
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1809
27
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
661
27
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
603
9
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
220.1
9
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
8.18
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
8.9
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.18
8.18
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.85
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.45
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
3.03
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
5.43
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.58
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
6.51
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
4.57
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.51
6.51
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.19
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.22
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.16
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2509
37.45
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1001
40.89
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.57
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.78
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
3.87
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
5.15
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.52
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.3
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.6
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.593
1.593
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2236
33.37
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
866
35.37
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.45
37.45
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.89
40.89

Fielding Stats for Enrique Romo and Tom Sunkel

Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
5.22
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1809
27
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
9
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.64
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.28
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.97
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.93
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.73
97.73
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.55
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.369
0.369
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.46
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.13
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Enrique Romo and Tom Sunkel

Enrique Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
352
4400
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
63
547.83
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
48
600
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
37
462.5
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
573.91
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.771
0.771
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.486
0.486
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
125
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
121.74
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
7
87.5
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
104.35
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
25
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.39
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.5
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
37.5
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.39
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.65
58.15
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
3.45
29.97
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
187.5
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
139.13
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
150
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
130.43
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.713
0.713
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.466
0.466
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.63
0.63
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.327
0.327
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
4
50
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
62.5
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
100
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
78.26
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.23
65.33
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
3.56
30.96
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
25
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
125
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
22
191.3
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.8
4.8
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
3.14
3.14
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Enrique Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
112.5
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.39
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Enrique Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA