Wilmer Font vs. Joe Lake — Career Comparison

Wilmer Font
MillenialVenezuelaThrows RightBats RightSouth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Lake
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Lake built a career as a starting pitcher and Wilmer Font as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Lake posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.85 and WHIP 1.260 compared to 5.82 and 1.497 for Wilmer Font. By the career numbers, Joe Lake had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wilmer Font and Joe Lake

Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
5.7
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
1.36
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.31
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
0.95
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.42
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.42
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.65
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.61
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.79
40.79
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.92
22.92
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.85
69.85
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.65
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
5.82
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.85
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
27
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3954
27
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
151.2
9
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1318
9
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
9.49
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
9.08
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.08
9.08
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
1.96
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.13
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
3.8
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
2.27
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
8.9
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
594
4.06
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.9
8.9
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.411
1.411
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.23
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
672
39.88
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5443
37.17
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.36
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.36
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
5.87
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
4.57
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.59
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.477
1.477
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
600
35.6
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5091
34.76
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.88
39.88
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.17
37.17

Fielding Stats for Wilmer Font and Joe Lake

Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
5.7
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
2.4
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.31
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.99
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
27
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2235
27
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
151.2
9
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
745
9
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.51
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
5.63
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.77
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
6.68
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.71
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
508
6.14
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.31
92.31
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.86
91.86
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.125
0.125
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.553
2.553
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.92
22.92
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.21
41.21
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wilmer Font and Joe Lake

Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PAverified
96
9600
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
208
247.62
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
504
600
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
491
584.52
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.509
0.509
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
120.24
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
92.86
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
16.67
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.14
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.57
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
27.38
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
30.56
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30.52
36.33
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
136
161.9
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
129.76
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.495
0.495
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
46.43
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
45.24
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
88.1
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
48.79
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30.14
35.89
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.19
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.33
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
116
138.1
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.34
4.34
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
5.95
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.57
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.57
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100