Fernando Abad vs. Michael Lorenzen — Career Comparison

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Michael Lorenzen built a career as a starting pitcher and Fernando Abad as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fernando Abad led in run prevention (ERA+ 127 vs 98), home run suppression (HR9+ 108 vs 92), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 102 vs 91). Role difference aside, Fernando Abad holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Fernando Abad and Michael Lorenzen

Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Fernando Abad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
10.3
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
395
3.57
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.08
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.23
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.49
Fernando Abad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.74
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.5
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.68
23.68
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.54
49.54
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.13
30.13
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Fernando Abad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
3.78
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
452
4.08
Fernando Abad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Fernando Abad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
1064
27
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2988
27
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
354.2
9
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
9
Fernando Abad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
8.7
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
8.32
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Fernando Abad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.14
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
1.13
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Fernando Abad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Fernando Abad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
3.2
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
387
3.5
Fernando Abad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.28
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Fernando Abad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
292
7.41
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
826
7.46
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.46
7.46
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.179
1.179
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.218
1.218
Fernando Abad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.25
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.46
Fernando Abad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.3
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.37
Fernando Abad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1513
38.39
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4214
38.08
Fernando Abad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.61
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.5
Fernando Abad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
4.01
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
474
4.28
Fernando Abad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Fernando Abad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.18
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Fernando Abad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.3
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.18
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.76
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.85
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.322
1.322
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1356
34.41
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3751
33.89
Fernando Abad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Fernando Abad
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Fernando Abad and Michael Lorenzen

Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
10.3
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
429
3.54
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
1.03
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
1064
27
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
354.2
9
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.18
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.12
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.02
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
0.84
Fernando Abad
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.27
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
2.03
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.19
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
1.96
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
94
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.75
96.75
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.116
0.116
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.555
0.555
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.14
29.14
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.12
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fernando Abad and Michael Lorenzen

Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PAverified
406
27066.67
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
452
1844.9
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
600
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
542.86
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
0.74
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
126.53
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
81.63
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.24
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.08
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28.57
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
44.9
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.82
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.37
66.82
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
232.65
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
163.27
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.651
0.651
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
81.63
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
97.96
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
151.02
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.62
-41.33
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.21
62.09
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.16
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28.57
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Abad
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
333.33
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
191.84
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
1.8
1.8
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.13
3.13
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
20.41
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Abad
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
20.41
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
20.41
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.16
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28.57
Fernando Abad
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71.43
71.43