Rex Brothers vs. Lon Warneke — Career Comparison

Rex Brothers
MillenialTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lon Warneke
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Lon Warneke built a career as a starting pitcher and Rex Brothers 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 4.08 and 1.536 for Rex Brothers. By the career numbers, Lon Warneke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rex Brothers and Lon Warneke

Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
10.44
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
1.44
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
1.11
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.64
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
0.62
Rex Brothers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.45
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.39
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.97
58.97
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.34
61.34
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.08
77.08
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.1
Rex Brothers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.59
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Rex Brothers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
4.08
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
984
3.18
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Rex Brothers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
967
27
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8347
27
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
322.1
9
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2782.1
9
Rex Brothers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
8.01
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2726
8.82
Rex Brothers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.01
8.01
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Rex Brothers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.98
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
0.57
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Rex Brothers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Rex Brothers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
5.36
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
2.39
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.45
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
394
11
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1140
3.69
Rex Brothers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Rex Brothers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.818
1.818
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Rex Brothers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.64
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.16
Rex Brothers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.09
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.17
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1425
39.79
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11608
37.55
Rex Brothers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
2.51
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.21
Rex Brothers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
4.38
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1164
3.77
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.14
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rex Brothers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.84
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.486
1.486
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1208
33.73
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10842
35.07
Rex Brothers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Rex Brothers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.79
39.79
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Rex Brothers and Lon Warneke

Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
10.44
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Brothers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
967
27
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Brothers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322.1
9
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.17
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.75
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
Rex Brothers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.03
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.92
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.19
89.19
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.81
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.088
0.088
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.492
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Rex Brothers and Lon Warneke

Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
374
32057.14
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
459
255
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1080
600
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
962
534.44
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
215
119.44
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
101.67
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.44
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.11
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
17.78
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.26
34.59
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
257
142.78
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
271
150.56
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
48.33
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
53.89
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
100
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.63
-54.24
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69.6
38.66
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
28.89
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Brothers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
148
82.22
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.3
7.3
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
34.44
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Brothers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
31
17.22
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Rex Brothers
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100