Matt Anderson vs. Lon Warneke — Career Comparison

Matt Anderson
Gen XKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lon Warneke
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Lon Warneke built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Anderson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lon Warneke posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.18 and WHIP 1.245 compared to 5.19 and 1.640 for Matt Anderson. By the career numbers, Lon Warneke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Matt Anderson and Lon Warneke

Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
9.01
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
1.44
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
1.11
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.53
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Matt Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.25
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.39
Matt Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.18
68.18
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.34
61.34
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.08
77.08
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.1
Matt Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.91
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Matt Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
5.19
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
984
3.18
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
770
27
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8347
27
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
256.2
9
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2782.1
9
Matt Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
8.73
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2726
8.82
Matt Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Matt Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.05
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
0.57
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Matt Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Matt Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
5.51
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
2.39
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.53
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.51
5.51
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
7.85
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1140
3.69
Matt Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Matt Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.484
1.484
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Matt Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.7
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.16
Matt Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.39
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.09
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1162
40.75
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11608
37.55
Matt Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
3.89
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.21
Matt Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
5.86
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1164
3.77
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.6
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.84
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.582
1.582
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
964
33.8
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10842
35.07
Matt Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Matt Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.75
40.75
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Matt Anderson and Lon Warneke

Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
9.01
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
770
27
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256.2
9
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.56
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.81
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
Matt Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.44
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.37
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.12
95.12
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.81
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.152
0.152
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.492
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Anderson and Lon Warneke

Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
257
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
459
255
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1080
600
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
962
534.44
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
215
119.44
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
101.67
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.44
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.11
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
17.78
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.26
34.59
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
257
142.78
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
271
150.56
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
48.33
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
53.89
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
100
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69.6
38.66
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
28.89
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
148
82.22
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.3
7.3
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
34.44
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
31
17.22
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Matt Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100