Tommy Fine vs. Dennis Lewallyn — Career Comparison

Tommy Fine
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dennis Lewallyn
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tommy Fine built a career as a starting pitcher and Dennis Lewallyn as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dennis Lewallyn posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.48 and WHIP 1.481 compared to 6.81 and 1.899 for Tommy Fine. By the career numbers, Dennis Lewallyn had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tommy Fine and Dennis Lewallyn

Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
2.85
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
3.81
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.87
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.45
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.43
30.43
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
6.81
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
4.48
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
27
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.2
9
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
11.64
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
10.31
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.64
11.64
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.31
10.31
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.74
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.67
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
5.45
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.46
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.56
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.98
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
3.14
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.622
0.622
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
43.22
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
351
39.32
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.37
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.68
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
7.68
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
4.71
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.68
7.68
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.45
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.45
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.34
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.899
1.899
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.419
1.419
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
37.65
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320
35.85
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.24
1.24
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.22
43.22
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.32
39.32

Fielding Stats for Tommy Fine and Dennis Lewallyn

Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
3.81
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.34
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
27
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.1
9
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.67
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.46
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.13
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.13
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.559
0.559
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tommy Fine and Dennis Lewallyn

Tommy Fine
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
1457.14
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
600
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
504
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
557.14
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.868
0.868
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
168
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
120
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
48
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
48
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.85
92.32
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
2.93
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
216
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
216
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
0.82
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.857
0.857
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
120
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
144
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.02
96.54
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.7
-29.92
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
48
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
120
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
10
428.57
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
48
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Fine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Fine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA