Joe Boever vs. Lon Warneke — Career Comparison

Joe Boever
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lon Warneke
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Lon Warneke built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Boever 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 3.93 and 1.543 for Joe Boever. By the career numbers, Lon Warneke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Boever and Lon Warneke

Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
516
6.16
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
445
1.44
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
1.11
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.41
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.39
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.04
43.04
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.34
61.34
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.08
77.08
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.1
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.58
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
3.93
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
984
3.18
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2263
27
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8347
27
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
754.1
9
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2782.1
9
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
8.96
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2726
8.82
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.96
8.96
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.89
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
0.57
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
4.09
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
2.39
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.84
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
6.45
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1140
3.69
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.45
6.45
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.172
1.172
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.36
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.16
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.19
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.09
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3301
39.38
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11608
37.55
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
3.07
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.21
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
362
4.32
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1164
3.77
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.52
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.37
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.56
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2867
34.21
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10842
35.07
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.38
39.38
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Joe Boever and Lon Warneke

Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
516
6.16
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
445
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2263
27
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
754.1
9
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.55
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.12
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.75
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
1.67
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.24
95.24
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.81
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.492
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Boever and Lon Warneke

Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
516
18211.76
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
459
255
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1080
600
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
600
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
962
534.44
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
215
119.44
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
101.67
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.44
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.11
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
17.78
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
7.41
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.26
34.59
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
257
142.78
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
271
150.56
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.082
0.082
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
48.33
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
53.89
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
100
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.38
-13.37
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69.6
38.66
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
28.89
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
141.18
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
148
82.22
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.3
7.3
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
34.44
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
31
17.22
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100