Ed Eiteljorge vs. Randy Lerch — Career Comparison

Ed Eiteljorge
Pre-GenerationalGermanyThrows RightBats RightEuropeWashington StatesmenAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Randy Lerch
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Randy Lerch built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Eiteljorge as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Randy Lerch posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.53 and WHIP 1.537 compared to 6.68 and 1.989 for Ed Eiteljorge. By the career numbers, Randy Lerch had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Eiteljorge and Randy Lerch

Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.28
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
2.07
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.14
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.34
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.49
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.85
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.52
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.39
48.39
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.82
64.82
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.85
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.15
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
6.68
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
4.53
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.68
6.68
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
27
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3298
27
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.1
9
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1099.1
9
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
11.94
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1232
10.09
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.94
11.94
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.09
10.09
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.43
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.83
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
5.97
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.54
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.21
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
3.41
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
507
4.15
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.854
0.854
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.28
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
1.28
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
45.9
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4829
39.53
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.25
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
10.52
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
5.01
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.52
10.52
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.01
5.01
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.51
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.5
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.84
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.514
1.514
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
38.65
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4264
34.91
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.22
8.22
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.309
0.309
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.9
45.9
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Ed Eiteljorge and Randy Lerch

Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.29
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
2.07
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.34
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
27
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3298
27
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
9
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1099.1
9
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.43
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.52
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.86
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
1.55
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
3.57
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
2.14
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.29
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
2.06
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
92
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.55
96.55
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.556
2.556
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.996
0.996
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.82
64.82
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.29
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Eiteljorge and Randy Lerch

Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
9
192.86
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
262
524
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
28
600
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
300
600
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
578.57
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
267
534
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.446
0.446
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.593
0.593
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
5
107.14
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
110
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
85.71
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
76
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
24
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
34
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
1.29
27.73
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.55
41.1
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
6
128.57
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
162
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
6
128.57
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
148
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.437
0.437
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
0.56
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.453
0.453
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
64.29
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
54
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
85.71
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
46
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
150
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
92
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
1.15
24.56
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.68
39.36
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
38
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
150
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
88
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.82
6.82
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
24
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 600 PA
8
16
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Lerch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
Randy Lerch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0