Lem Hunter vs. Maurice Young — Career Comparison

Lem Hunter
Pre-GenerationalOhioNorth AmericaCleveland BluesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Maurice Young
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Maurice Young built a career as a starting pitcher and Lem Hunter as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lem Hunter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.42 and WHIP 1.895 compared to 3.56 and 1.200 for Maurice Young. By the career numbers, Lem Hunter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lem Hunter and Maurice Young

Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.42
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.58
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.19
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.53
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.53
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.53
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.42
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
3.56
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.67
6.67
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
27
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
27
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
9
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68.1
9
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
14.21
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
9.35
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.21
14.21
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.35
9.35
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.79
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.84
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.45
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
5.68
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
2.63
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.68
5.68
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.947
0.947
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.454
0.454
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
41.21
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
37.27
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.42
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
9.95
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
4.08
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.95
9.95
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.66
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.79
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.895
1.895
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
38.37
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
34.9
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.435
0.435
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.21
41.21
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.27
37.27

Fielding Stats for Lem Hunter and Maurice Young

Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.58
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.19
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
27
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68.1
9
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.95
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
4.08
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
4.08
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.583
2.583
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lem Hunter and Maurice Young

Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Maurice Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
576.92
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Maurice Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Maurice Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.481
0.481
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.39
32.16
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
138.46
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
138.46
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Maurice Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Maurice Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Maurice Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.471
0.471
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Maurice Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Maurice Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Maurice Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
41.68
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.44
33.24
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
300
Maurice Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Maurice Young
Career
Per 600 PA
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 600 PA
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
Maurice Young
Career
Per 600 PA