Bill Coyle vs. Lon Warneke — Career Comparison

Bill Coyle
Pre-GenerationalKentuckyThrows RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lon Warneke
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Lon Warneke built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Coyle 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 9 and 2.125 for Bill Coyle. By the career numbers, Lon Warneke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Coyle and Lon Warneke

Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
1.44
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
1.11
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.39
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.34
61.34
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.08
77.08
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.1
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
984
3.18
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.66
8.66
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.368
0.368
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8347
27
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2782.1
9
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
15.75
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2726
8.82
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.75
15.75
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
0.57
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
3.38
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
2.39
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1140
3.69
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.675
0.675
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.16
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.09
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
46.13
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11608
37.55
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.21
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
11.25
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1164
3.77
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.125
2.125
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
42.75
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10842
35.07
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.371
0.371
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.13
46.13
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Bill Coyle and Lon Warneke

Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
27
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
9
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.81
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.492
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Coyle and Lon Warneke

Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
459
255
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1080
600
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
962
534.44
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
215
119.44
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
101.67
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.44
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.11
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
17.78
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.26
34.59
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
257
142.78
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
271
150.56
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
48.33
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
53.89
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
100
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-61.6
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69.6
38.66
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
28.89
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
148
82.22
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.3
7.3
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
34.44
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
31
17.22
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100