Bill Bishop vs. Lon Warneke — Career Comparison

Bill Bishop
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lon Warneke
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Lon Warneke built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Bishop 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 9.96 and 2.277 for Bill Bishop. By the career numbers, Lon Warneke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Bishop and Lon Warneke

Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.34
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
1.44
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.96
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
1.11
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Bill Bishop
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.77
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.39
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.34
61.34
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.43
71.43
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.08
77.08
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.96
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
0.62
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.1
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.38
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Bill Bishop
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
9.96
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
984
3.18
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.96
9.96
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.86
7.86
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
27
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8347
27
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
9
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2782.1
9
Bill Bishop
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
13.02
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2726
8.82
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.02
13.02
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Bill Bishop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.38
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
0.57
Bill Bishop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Bill Bishop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Bill Bishop
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
7.47
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
2.39
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.47
7.47
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.72
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1140
3.69
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Bill Bishop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.021
1.021
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Bill Bishop
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
2.11
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.16
Bill Bishop
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.57
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.09
Bill Bishop
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
49.98
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11608
37.55
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.38
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.21
Bill Bishop
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
13.98
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1164
3.77
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.98
13.98
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.277
2.277
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
41.94
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10842
35.07
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.43
10.43
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Bill Bishop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.98
49.98
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Bill Bishop and Lon Warneke

Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.34
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bishop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
27
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bishop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
9
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.53
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
Bill Bishop
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.96
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.49
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.53
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.81
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.492
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Bishop and Lon Warneke

Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
7
221.05
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
459
255
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1080
600
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
536.84
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
962
534.44
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
215
119.44
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
101.67
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.44
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.11
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
17.78
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
6.09
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.26
34.59
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
257
142.78
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
3
94.74
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
271
150.56
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
48.33
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
53.89
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
100
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-13.07
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69.6
38.66
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
28.89
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bishop
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
94.74
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
148
82.22
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
6.33
6.33
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.3
7.3
Bill Bishop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
34.44
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bishop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
31
17.22
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Bill Bishop
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100