Rick Austin vs. Joe Lake — Career Comparison

Rick Austin
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Lake
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Lake built a career as a starting pitcher and Rick Austin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Lake posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.85 and WHIP 1.260 compared to 4.63 and 1.721 for Rick Austin. By the career numbers, Joe Lake had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rick Austin and Joe Lake

Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
5.89
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
1.36
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.53
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.95
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.42
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.53
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.61
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.79
40.79
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.99
8.99
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.85
69.85
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.65
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.4
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
4.63
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.85
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
27
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3954
27
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
9
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1318
9
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
9.33
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
9.08
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.08
9.08
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.13
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.13
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
5.16
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
2.27
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.99
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
7.01
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
594
4.06
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.353
1.353
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.23
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.53
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
618
40.9
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5443
37.17
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.38
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.36
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.83
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
4.57
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.66
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
516
34.15
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5091
34.76
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.9
40.9
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.17
37.17

Fielding Stats for Rick Austin and Joe Lake

Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
5.88
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
2.4
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.53
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.99
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
409
27
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2235
27
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
136.1
9
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
745
9
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.51
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.52
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
5.63
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.91
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
6.68
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.91
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
508
6.14
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.86
91.86
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.553
2.553
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.99
8.99
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.21
41.21
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Austin and Joe Lake

Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
89
2427.27
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
208
247.62
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
504
600
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
19
518.18
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
491
584.52
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.432
0.432
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.509
0.509
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
54.55
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
120.24
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
92.86
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
16.67
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.14
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.57
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
27.38
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.88
23.99
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30.52
36.33
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
136
161.9
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
129.76
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
46.43
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
45.24
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
88.1
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
12.28
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30.14
35.89
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.19
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
8.33
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
300
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
116
138.1
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.34
4.34
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.95
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.57
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.57
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100