Jason Christiansen vs. Lon Warneke — Career Comparison

Jason Christiansen
Gen XNebraskaThrows LeftBats 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 Jason Christiansen 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 4.3 and 1.522 for Jason Christiansen. By the career numbers, Lon Warneke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jason Christiansen and Lon Warneke

Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
10.96
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
445
1.44
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
1.11
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.56
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.54
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.39
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.94
50.94
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.34
61.34
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.08
77.08
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.1
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.33
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
4.3
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
984
3.18
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1301
27
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8347
27
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
433.2
9
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2782.1
9
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
8.49
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2726
8.82
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.77
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
0.57
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
4.5
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
2.39
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.71
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
7.97
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1140
3.69
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.97
7.97
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.386
1.386
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.56
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.16
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.31
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.09
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1911
39.66
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11608
37.55
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
2.66
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.21
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
4.57
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1164
3.77
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.44
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.37
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.64
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1640
34.04
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10842
35.07
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.66
39.66
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Jason Christiansen and Lon Warneke

Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
10.96
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
445
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1301
27
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433.2
9
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.31
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.2
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.17
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.68
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.51
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.12
90.12
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.81
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.138
0.138
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.492
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jason Christiansen and Lon Warneke

Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
529
28854.55
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
459
255
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1080
600
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
545.45
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
962
534.44
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
215
119.44
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
101.67
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.44
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.11
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
17.78
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
4.86
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.26
34.59
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
257
142.78
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
271
150.56
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
48.33
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
53.89
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
100
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.36
-19.75
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69.6
38.66
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
28.89
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
381.82
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
148
82.22
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
1.57
1.57
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.3
7.3
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
34.44
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
31
17.22
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Jason Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100