Mike Gonzalez vs. Michael Lorenzen — Career Comparison

Mike Gonzalez
Gen XTexasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Michael Lorenzen
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Michael Lorenzen built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Gonzalez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Gonzalez led in strikeout rate (K%+ 130 vs 84), home run suppression (HR9+ 137 vs 92), and run prevention (ERA+ 124 vs 98). Michael Lorenzen held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 91 vs 87). Role difference aside, Mike Gonzalez holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Mike Gonzalez and Michael Lorenzen

Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
509
10.31
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
395
3.57
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.08
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.34
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.49
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.49
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.5
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.46
41.46
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.54
49.54
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.13
30.13
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.13
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.14
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
452
4.08
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.246
0.246
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
27
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2988
27
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
444.1
9
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
9
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
7.51
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
921
8.32
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.51
7.51
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.32
8.32
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.85
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
1.13
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
4.15
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
3.5
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.45
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
10.35
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
826
7.46
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.35
10.35
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.46
7.46
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.611
1.611
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.218
1.218
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.55
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.46
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.32
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.37
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1902
38.53
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4214
38.08
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
3.75
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.5
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.59
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
474
4.28
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.43
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.18
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.59
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.85
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.313
1.313
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1646
33.34
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3751
33.89
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.53
38.53
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Mike Gonzalez and Michael Lorenzen

Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
509
10.31
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
429
3.54
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
1.03
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
27
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
444.1
9
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.12
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.97
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
0.84
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.2
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
2.03
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
1.15
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
1.96
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.61
96.61
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.75
96.75
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.112
0.112
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.555
0.555
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.14
29.14
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.12
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Gonzalez and Michael Lorenzen

Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
509
101800
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
452
1844.9
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
600
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
542.86
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.74
0.74
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
126.53
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
81.63
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
12.24
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.08
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28.57
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
44.9
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.355
0.355
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
109.5
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.37
66.82
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
232.65
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
163.27
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.71
0.71
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.651
0.651
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
81.63
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
97.96
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
151.02
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
109.32
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.21
62.09
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.16
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28.57
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
47
191.84
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.13
3.13
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
20.41
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Gonzalez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
20.41
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
20.41
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.16
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28.57
Mike Gonzalez
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71.43
71.43