Bob James vs. Lew Moren — Career Comparison

Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lew Moren
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lew Moren built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob James as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lew Moren posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.95 and WHIP 1.279 compared to 3.8 and 1.371 for Bob James. By the career numbers, Lew Moren had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob James and Lew Moren

Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Lew Moren
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Lew Moren
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
1.44
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.07
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.53
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.49
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.57
Lew Moren
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.58
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Lew Moren
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.71
45.71
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.47
74.47
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.63
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.1
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.61
Lew Moren
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
3.8
Lew Moren
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
2.95
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Lew Moren
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2646
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
882
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
8.34
Lew Moren
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
8.13
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.34
8.34
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.13
8.13
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.86
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.17
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
3.47
Lew Moren
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.38
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
7.52
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
3.63
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Lew Moren
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Lew Moren
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.779
0.779
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Lew Moren
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.24
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Lew Moren
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1755
38.81
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3573
36.46
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Lew Moren
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.31
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
4.29
Lew Moren
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
394
4.02
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Lew Moren
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.279
1.279
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1533
33.9
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3216
32.82
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Lew Moren
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81
Lew Moren
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.46
36.46

Fielding Stats for Bob James and Lew Moren

Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Lew Moren
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Lew Moren
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
1.44
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.06
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2646
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
882
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.62
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.3
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.04
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.26
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Lew Moren
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.14
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
1.95
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
2.69
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.66
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
2.55
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.23
85.23
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.7
94.7
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.773
1.773
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.76
73.76
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Moren
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Moren
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Moren
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Moren
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob James and Lew Moren

Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Lew Moren
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
7971.43
Lew Moren
Career
Per 600 PA
141
264.38
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
320
600
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
545.63
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Lew Moren
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
73.13
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
60
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.5
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.63
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Moren
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.13
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Moren
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Moren
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.69
19.6
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.62
19.92
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
91.88
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
114.38
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Lew Moren
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Lew Moren
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Lew Moren
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Lew Moren
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
41.25
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
15
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
56.25
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
14.28
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.47
12.14
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Moren
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
41.25
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Moren
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Lew Moren
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
146.25
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.1
4.1
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.13
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Moren
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Moren
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.88
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Moren
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.88
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Moren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100