Pete Sunkett vs. Stan Yerkes — Career Comparison

Pete Sunkett
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Stan Yerkes
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Pete Sunkett built a career as a starting pitcher and Stan Yerkes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Stan Yerkes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.66 and WHIP 1.511 compared to 5.2 and 1.431 for Pete Sunkett. By the career numbers, Stan Yerkes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pete Sunkett and Stan Yerkes

Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.03
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.27
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.79
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.21
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.56
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.34
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.68
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.56
95.56
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.9
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
5.2
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
3.66
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
959
27
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319.2
9
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
8.81
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
396
11.15
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.15
11.15
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.07
0.07
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
3.95
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
2.45
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
4.18
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
2.9
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.9
2.9
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.06
2.06
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.904
0.904
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.594
0.594
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
40.33
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1397
39.33
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
6.44
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
5.32
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.56
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.56
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.418
1.418
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.511
1.511
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
315
35.59
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1307
36.8
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for Pete Sunkett and Stan Yerkes

Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.91
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.27
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.76
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
496
27
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
960
27
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
165.1
9
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320
9
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.09
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.31
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.99
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
2
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.27
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.2
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.35
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
2.5
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
4.08
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
2.31
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.13
92.13
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.143
2.143
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.822
1.822
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pete Sunkett and Stan Yerkes

Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
278.57
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
226.89
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
84
600
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
119
600
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
80
571.43
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
108
544.54
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.518
0.518
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
114.29
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
14
70.59
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
85.71
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
12
60.5
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.29
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.08
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.29
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
28.57
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.08
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.13
36.62
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
3.58
18.07
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
157.14
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
16
80.67
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
135.71
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
121.01
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
78.57
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
5
25.21
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
57.14
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.08
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
135.71
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
7
35.29
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.43
38.81
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
1.99
10.03
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.43
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
50.42
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.29
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
35
176.47
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
42
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Pete Sunkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.14
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.04
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Sunkett
Career
Per 600 PA
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA