Kevin Appier vs. Michael Lorenzen — Career Comparison

Kevin Appier
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Michael Lorenzen
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Kevin Appier a clear advantage over Michael Lorenzen across the core pitching metrics. Kevin Appier led in strikeout rate (K%+ 97 vs 84), home run suppression (HR9+ 103 vs 92), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 98 vs 87). Kevin Appier was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Kevin Appier and Michael Lorenzen

Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
1.44
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
3.57
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
1.39
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
1.08
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
0.59
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.49
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
0.48
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.5
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.23
55.23
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.54
49.54
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.1
97.1
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.13
30.13
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.12
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1078
3.74
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
4.08
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7786
27
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2988
27
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2595.1
9
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
996
9
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2425
8.41
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
8.32
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.41
8.41
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.8
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
1.13
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
933
3.24
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
387
3.5
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.18
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1994
6.91
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
826
7.46
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.91
6.91
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.46
7.46
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.09
2.09
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.128
1.128
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.218
1.218
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.37
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.46
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.27
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.37
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.02
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10958
38
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4214
38.08
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.5
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1168
4.05
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
474
4.28
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.23
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.25
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.18
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
0.72
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.85
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.313
1.313
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9807
34.01
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3751
33.89
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
38
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Kevin Appier and Michael Lorenzen

Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
1.44
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
3.54
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
1.39
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
1.03
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7786
27
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2595.1
9
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
0.7
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.12
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
0.78
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.84
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
1.52
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
2.03
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
1.48
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
1.96
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.27
97.27
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.75
96.75
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.031
1.031
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.555
0.555
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.1
97.1
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.14
29.14
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.09
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.12
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kevin Appier and Michael Lorenzen

Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
414
2760
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
452
1844.9
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
90
600
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
600
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
83
553.33
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
542.86
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
0.74
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
8
53.33
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
126.53
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
8
53.33
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
81.63
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.24
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.08
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28.57
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
44.9
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.88
5.88
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.37
66.82
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
8
53.33
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
232.65
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
10
66.67
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
163.27
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.651
0.651
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
81.63
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
97.96
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
8
53.33
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
151.02
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.46
-16.42
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.21
62.09
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.16
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28.57
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
260
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
191.84
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.13
3.13
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
33.33
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
20.41
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
20.41
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
20.41
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.16
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28.57
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71.43
71.43