Pete Sunkett vs. Happy Townsend — Career Comparison

Pete Sunkett
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Happy Townsend
Pre-GenerationalDelawareThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Happy Townsend posted a stronger line than Pete Sunkett. Happy Townsend posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.59 vs 5.2) and WHIP (1.380 vs 1.431). By the career numbers, Happy Townsend 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 Pete Sunkett and Happy Townsend

Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.03
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
1.21
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.79
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.99
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.56
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.27
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.34
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.65
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.31
29.31
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.7
81.7
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.85
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
5.2
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
3.59
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3413
27
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1137.2
9
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
8.81
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1154
9.13
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.13
9.13
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.19
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
3.95
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
3.29
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
4.18
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
3.74
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.06
2.06
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.904
0.904
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.781
0.781
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.4
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.45
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
40.33
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4849
38.36
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.21
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
6.44
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
640
5.06
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.56
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.56
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.418
1.418
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
35.59
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4376
34.62
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.36
38.36

Fielding Stats for Pete Sunkett and Happy Townsend

Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.91
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
1.21
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.76
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.56
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
496
27
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3474
27
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
165.1
9
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1158
9
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.09
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.51
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.99
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
295
2.29
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.27
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.16
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.35
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
381
2.96
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
4.08
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
2.8
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.49
94.49
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.143
2.143
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.308
2.308
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.15
46.15
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.11
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pete Sunkett and Happy Townsend

Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
278.57
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
206.21
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
84
600
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
80
571.43
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
427
568.07
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.518
0.518
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.443
0.443
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
114.29
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
94.46
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
85.71
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
70.51
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.29
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
18.63
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.29
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.99
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
28.57
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
23.95
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.13
36.62
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.76
26.29
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
157.14
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
125.06
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
135.71
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
115.74
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
78.57
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
34.59
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
57.14
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
38.58
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
135.71
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
71.84
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.43
38.81
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.02
19.99
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.43
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
15.96
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.29
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
118
156.98
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
42
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
3.82
3.82
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.14
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
10.64
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.99
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Happy Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.99
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
Happy Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100