Keith Comstock vs. Barry Lersch — Career Comparison

Keith Comstock
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Barry Lersch
Silent GenerationColoradoThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Barry Lersch built a career as a starting pitcher and Keith Comstock as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Keith Comstock led in strikeout rate (K%+ 142 vs 91), home run suppression (HR9+ 117 vs 81), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 113 vs 93). Barry Lersch held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 117 vs 79). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Keith Comstock.

Pitching Stats for Keith Comstock and Barry Lersch

Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
8.47
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
2.67
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.84
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.59
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.28
Keith Comstock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.41
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.5
Keith Comstock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.82
58.82
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.36
31.36
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.14
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Keith Comstock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
4.06
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
3.82
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Keith Comstock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Keith Comstock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
459
27
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1711
27
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
9
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570.1
9
Keith Comstock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.88
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
536
8.46
Keith Comstock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.88
7.88
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.46
8.46
Keith Comstock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.82
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
1.1
Keith Comstock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Keith Comstock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Keith Comstock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
4.41
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Keith Comstock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.76
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.32
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
8.35
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
5
Keith Comstock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.88
1.88
Keith Comstock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.418
1.418
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
0.857
Keith Comstock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.71
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.32
Keith Comstock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
650
38.24
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2377
37.51
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
2.71
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.74
Keith Comstock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
4.35
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
4.02
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Keith Comstock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.65
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.44
Keith Comstock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.53
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.28
Keith Comstock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.65
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.366
1.366
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.241
1.241
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
555
32.65
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2149
33.91
Keith Comstock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Keith Comstock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.24
38.24
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.51
37.51

Fielding Stats for Keith Comstock and Barry Lersch

Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
8.53
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
2.67
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.84
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
459
27
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1711
27
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
9
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570.1
9
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.54
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.29
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
1.29
Keith Comstock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.76
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.94
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.65
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
1.83
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.31
94.31
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.193
0.193
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.686
0.686
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.36
31.36
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Keith Comstock and Barry Lersch

Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
144
43200
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
177
676.43
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
157
600
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
508.28
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
57.32
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
53.5
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.82
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.82
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
11.6
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
61.15
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
103.18
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.305
0.305
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
34.39
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.46
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
45.86
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
1.81
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.82
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
42.04
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Comstock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
214.01
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.8
2.8
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
42.04
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.82
Keith Comstock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.82
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Comstock
Career
Per 600 PA
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA