Pete Sunkett vs. Fred Wenz — Career Comparison

Pete Sunkett
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Fred Wenz
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Pete Sunkett built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Wenz as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Wenz posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.68 and WHIP 1.512 compared to 5.2 and 1.431 for Pete Sunkett. By the career numbers, Fred Wenz had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pete Sunkett and Fred Wenz

Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.03
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
6.59
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.79
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.56
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.64
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.5
62.5
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
5.2
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
4.68
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
27
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.1
9
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
8.81
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
7.65
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.65
7.65
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.91
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.91
1.91
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
3.95
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
5.31
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.64
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
4.18
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
8.08
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.904
0.904
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.488
1.488
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.64
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
40.33
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
39.97
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.13
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.76
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
6.44
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.89
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.56
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.64
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.56
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.418
1.418
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.441
1.441
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
35.59
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
33.38
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.97
39.97

Fielding Stats for Pete Sunkett and Fred Wenz

Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.91
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
6.64
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.76
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
496
27
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
27
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165.1
9
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
9
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.09
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.99
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.27
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.35
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.86
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
4.08
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.86
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Fred Wenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.143
2.143
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.129
0.129
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pete Sunkett and Fred Wenz

Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
278.57
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
3100
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
600
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
571.43
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.518
0.518
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
114.29
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
85.71
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.29
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.29
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
28.57
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.13
36.62
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
2.15
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
157.14
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
135.71
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
78.57
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
57.14
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
135.71
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.43
38.81
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.24
-24.1
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
21.43
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.29
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
42
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
1.2
1.2
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.14
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Wenz
Career
Per 600 PA