Lem Cross vs. Monty Stratton — Career Comparison

Lem Cross
Pre-GenerationalNew HampshireThrows RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Monty Stratton
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Monty Stratton built a career as a starting pitcher and Lem Cross as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Monty Stratton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.71 and WHIP 1.309 compared to 7.66 and 2.000 for Lem Cross. By the career numbers, Monty Stratton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lem Cross and Monty Stratton

Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.34
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
1.29
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.22
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
1.15
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.36
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.66
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.73
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.42
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.02
61.02
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.91
90.91
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.57
88.57
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.61
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.66
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
7.66
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
3.71
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.66
7.66
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.58
8.58
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.354
0.354
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
27
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1462
27
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
9
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487.1
9
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
14.35
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
489
9.03
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.35
14.35
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.46
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.59
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
3.65
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
2.75
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.19
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.62
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.649
0.649
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.708
0.708
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.61
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.22
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
44.76
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2053
37.91
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.13
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
10.82
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
4.34
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.82
10.82
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
40.5
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1892
34.94
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.09
8.09
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.76
44.76
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.91
37.91

Fielding Stats for Lem Cross and Monty Stratton

Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.34
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
27
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
9
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.7
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.07
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.95
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.54
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.455
1.455
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.7
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Lem Cross and Monty Stratton

Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
12
205.71
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
207.8
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
35
600
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
600
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
32
548.57
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
192
561.95
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.671
0.671
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.602
0.602
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
137.14
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
125.85
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
84.88
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
29.27
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.71
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
2
34.29
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
40.98
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.66
62.82
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.49
48.27
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
11
188.57
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
190.24
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
188.57
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
140.49
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.314
0.314
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.658
0.658
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.582
0.582
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
4
68.57
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
96.59
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
4
68.57
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
70.24
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
8
137.14
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
155.12
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.05
69.45
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.72
48.93
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.93
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
11.71
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
85.71
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
70.24
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.54
8.54
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
23.41
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PA