Lou Fiene vs. Mike Strahler — Career Comparison

Lou Fiene
Lost GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Strahler
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Lou Fiene built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Strahler as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Strahler posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.57 and WHIP 1.450 compared to 3.85 and 1.333 for Lou Fiene. By the career numbers, Mike Strahler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lou Fiene and Mike Strahler

Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.7
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
3.01
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.65
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.74
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.34
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.45
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.46
38.46
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.53
24.53
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.46
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
3.85
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.57
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
27
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
476
27
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
9
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158.2
9
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
9.72
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
8.45
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.72
9.72
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.79
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.28
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
4.48
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
3.52
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.54
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.645
0.645
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.002
1.002
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.74
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.72
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
570
37.17
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
39.08
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.98
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.74
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
5.09
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.54
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.4
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.68
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.437
1.437
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
524
34.17
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
598
33.92
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.17
37.17
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.08
39.08

Fielding Stats for Lou Fiene and Mike Strahler

Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.7
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.99
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.65
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.73
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
27
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
478
27
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
9
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159.1
9
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.65
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.56
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
3.33
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.02
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
4.37
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.69
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
3.98
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.58
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.04
91.04
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.346
2.346
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.528
0.528
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.46
38.46
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.53
24.53
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lou Fiene and Mike Strahler

Lou Fiene
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 600 PA
29
322.22
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
1382.61
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
600
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
588.89
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
20
521.74
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
66.67
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 600 PA
4
44.44
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.22
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
12.54
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.36
35.42
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
100
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 600 PA
6
66.67
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
182.61
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
55.56
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
66.67
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-6.11
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.69
44.06
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
133.33
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
234.78
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.5
4.5
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
2.56
2.56
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Fiene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Fiene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA