Mike Kelly vs. Lon Warneke — Career Comparison

Mike Kelly
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lon Warneke
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Lon Warneke built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Kelly as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lon Warneke posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.18 and WHIP 1.245 compared to 9.45 and 1.950 for Mike Kelly. By the career numbers, Lon Warneke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Kelly and Lon Warneke

Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
5.4
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
1.44
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
1.11
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.39
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.34
61.34
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.08
77.08
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.1
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
9.45
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
984
3.18
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.45
9.45
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.8
6.8
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
27
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8347
27
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
9
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2782.1
9
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
12.15
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2726
8.82
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.15
12.15
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
0.57
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
5.4
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
2.39
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.7
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1140
3.69
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.16
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.09
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
44.55
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11608
37.55
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.7
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.21
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
9.45
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1164
3.77
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.45
9.45
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
37.8
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10842
35.07
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.55
44.55
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Mike Kelly and Lon Warneke

Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.81
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.492
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Kelly and Lon Warneke

Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
800
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
459
255
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1080
600
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
962
534.44
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
215
119.44
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
101.67
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.44
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.11
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
17.78
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.26
34.59
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
257
142.78
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
271
150.56
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
48.33
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
53.89
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
100
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69.6
38.66
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
28.89
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
148
82.22
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.3
7.3
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
34.44
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
31
17.22
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100