Ron Blackburn vs. Lon Warneke — Career Comparison

Ron Blackburn
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows 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 Ron Blackburn 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 3.5 and 1.500 for Ron Blackburn. By the career numbers, Lon Warneke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blackburn and Lon Warneke

Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
5.33
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
1.44
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
1.11
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.39
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.34
61.34
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.08
77.08
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.1
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.33
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
3.5
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
984
3.18
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8347
27
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2782.1
9
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
9.25
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2726
8.82
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.25
9.25
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
0.57
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
3.5
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
2.39
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.75
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
4.17
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1140
3.69
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.852
0.852
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.16
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.09
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
477
39.75
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11608
37.55
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.21
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
4.5
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1164
3.77
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.417
1.417
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
35.83
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10842
35.07
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.75
39.75
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Ron Blackburn and Lon Warneke

Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
5.33
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
27
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
9
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.42
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.58
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.25
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.81
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.375
0.375
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.492
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.25
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blackburn and Lon Warneke

Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
2953.85
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
459
255
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1080
600
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
962
534.44
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.923
0.923
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.573
0.573
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
215
119.44
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
101.67
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
14.44
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.11
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.22
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
17.78
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.88
86.67
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62.26
34.59
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
369.23
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
257
142.78
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
3
138.46
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
271
150.56
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.917
0.917
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.533
0.533
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.889
0.889
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
48.33
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
53.89
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
100
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.88
86.55
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69.6
38.66
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
28.89
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
184.62
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
148
82.22
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.3
7.3
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
34.44
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
31
17.22
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100