Rex Barney vs. Rick Luecken — Career Comparison

Rex Barney
Greatest GenerationNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rick Luecken
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rex Barney built a career as a starting pitcher and Rick Luecken as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rex Barney posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.31 and WHIP 1.479 compared to 5.1 and 1.970 for Rick Luecken. By the career numbers, Rex Barney had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rex Barney and Rick Luecken

Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
2.33
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
6.49
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.22
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.53
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.35
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.47
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.58
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.03
53.03
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.26
52.26
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.3
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
4.31
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.1
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.01
5.01
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1793
27
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
27
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
597.2
9
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.2
9
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
7.14
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
11.36
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.14
7.14
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.36
11.36
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.72
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
1.04
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
410
6.17
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
5.1
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.27
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.1
5.1
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
5.06
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
5.91
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.91
5.91
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.223
1.223
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.32
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.23
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.35
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2593
39.05
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
42.18
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.45
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.78
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
4.94
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
5.33
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.7
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.27
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.479
1.479
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.828
1.828
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2168
32.65
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
35.92
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.12
2.12
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.05
39.05
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.18
42.18

Fielding Stats for Rex Barney and Rick Luecken

Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
6.49
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
27
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.2
9
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.81
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.93
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.74
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.74
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.4
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.548
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rex Barney and Rick Luecken

Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
432.56
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
11200
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
215
600
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
201
560.93
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.402
0.402
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
92.09
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
83.72
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.37
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.37
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.24
14.61
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
64.56
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
100.47
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
111.63
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.371
0.371
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
33.49
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.53
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
53.02
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.89
5.27
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
28
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.53
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
78
217.67
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
2.76
2.76
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.53
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.33
Rick Luecken
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Luecken
Career
Per 600 PA