Bill Cristall vs. Lon Warneke — Career Comparison

Bill Cristall
Pre-GenerationalRussiaThrows LeftBats LeftEuropeCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lon Warneke
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Lon Warneke built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Cristall 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 4.84 and 1.738 for Bill Cristall. 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 Cristall and Lon Warneke

Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.12
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
1.44
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.12
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
1.11
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.93
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.39
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.34
61.34
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.08
77.08
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.93
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
0.62
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.1
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
4.84
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
984
3.18
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
27
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8347
27
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.1
9
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2782.1
9
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
10.06
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2726
8.82
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.06
10.06
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
0.57
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
5.59
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
2.39
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.23
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1140
3.69
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.23
2.23
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.869
0.869
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.56
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.16
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.74
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.09
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
42.27
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11608
37.55
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.21
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
7.82
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1164
3.77
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.82
7.82
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.738
1.738
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
35.94
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10842
35.07
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.27
42.27
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Bill Cristall and Lon Warneke

Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.13
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
27
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
9
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.56
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.56
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.31
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
4.13
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.81
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.667
3.667
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.492
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.56
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Cristall and Lon Warneke

Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
6
171.43
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
459
255
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1080
600
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
571.43
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
962
534.44
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.905
0.905
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.573
0.573
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
200
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
215
119.44
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
142.86
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
183
101.67
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.44
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.11
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
17.78
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.41
97.31
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62.26
34.59
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
314.29
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
257
142.78
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
200
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
271
150.56
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
0.55
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
0.9
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.533
0.533
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.846
0.846
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
48.33
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
53.89
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
100
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.09
116.89
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69.6
38.66
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
28.89
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
148
82.22
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.5
10.5
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
7.3
7.3
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
34.44
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cristall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
31
17.22
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Bill Cristall
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100