Grant Balfour vs. Lon Warneke — Career Comparison

Grant Balfour
Gen XAustraliaThrows RightBats RightOceaniaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Lon Warneke
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Lon Warneke built a career as a starting pitcher and Grant Balfour 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 3.49 and 1.245 for Grant Balfour. By the career numbers, Lon Warneke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Grant Balfour and Lon Warneke

Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
8.91
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
445
1.44
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
1.11
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.5
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.38
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.39
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.6
56.6
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.34
61.34
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.08
77.08
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.1
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.4
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
3.49
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
984
3.18
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.209
0.209
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1619
27
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8347
27
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
539.2
9
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2782.1
9
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
6.77
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2726
8.82
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.77
6.77
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.78
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
0.57
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
4.2
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
2.39
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.23
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
9.52
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1140
3.69
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.52
9.52
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.525
1.525
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.16
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.09
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
2241
37.37
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11608
37.55
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
3.39
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.21
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
3.59
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1164
3.77
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.25
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.32
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.52
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.219
1.219
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.245
1.245
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1947
32.47
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10842
35.07
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.37
37.37
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Grant Balfour and Lon Warneke

Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
8.91
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
445
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1619
27
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
539.2
9
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.28
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.75
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.05
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.03
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.41
98.41
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.81
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.116
0.116
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.492
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Balfour and Lon Warneke

Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
534
160200
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
459
255
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1080
600
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
962
534.44
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
215
119.44
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
101.67
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.44
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.11
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
17.78
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.26
34.59
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
257
142.78
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
271
150.56
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
48.33
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
53.89
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
100
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69.6
38.66
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
28.89
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
148
82.22
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.3
7.3
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
34.44
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
31
17.22
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100