Gus Ketchum vs. Lon Warneke — Career Comparison

Gus Ketchum
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lon Warneke
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Lon Warneke built a career as a starting pitcher and Gus Ketchum 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 5.63 and 1.688 for Gus Ketchum. By the career numbers, Lon Warneke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gus Ketchum and Lon Warneke

Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.38
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
1.44
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
1.11
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.39
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.34
61.34
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.08
77.08
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.1
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
5.63
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
984
3.18
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8347
27
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2782.1
9
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
10.69
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2726
8.82
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.69
10.69
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
0.57
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
4.5
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
2.39
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.25
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1140
3.69
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.16
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.09
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
41.63
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11608
37.55
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.69
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.21
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6.75
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1164
3.77
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.688
1.688
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
36.56
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10842
35.07
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.63
41.63
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Gus Ketchum and Lon Warneke

Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.81
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.167
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.492
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Gus Ketchum and Lon Warneke

Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
900
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
459
255
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1080
600
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
962
534.44
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
215
119.44
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
101.67
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.44
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.11
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
17.78
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.26
34.59
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
257
142.78
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
271
150.56
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
48.33
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
53.89
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
100
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-61.6
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69.6
38.66
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
28.89
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
148
82.22
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.3
7.3
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
34.44
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
31
17.22
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100