Brandon Knight vs. Lon Warneke — Career Comparison

Brandon Knight
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lon Warneke
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Lon Warneke built a career as a starting pitcher and Brandon Knight 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 8.62 and 1.851 for Brandon Knight. By the career numbers, Lon Warneke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Knight and Lon Warneke

Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.31
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
1.44
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.57
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
1.11
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.39
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.34
61.34
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.08
77.08
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.1
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
8.62
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
984
3.18
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.62
8.62
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.02
8.02
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
27
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8347
27
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.1
9
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2782.1
9
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
12.35
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2726
8.82
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.35
12.35
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
2.01
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
0.57
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.01
2.01
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.31
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
2.39
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
6.89
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1140
3.69
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.89
6.89
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.16
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.57
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.09
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
43.09
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11608
37.55
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.01
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.21
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
8.9
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1164
3.77
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.57
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.851
1.851
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
37.91
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10842
35.07
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.09
43.09
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Brandon Knight and Lon Warneke

Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.31
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.57
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
27
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.1
9
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.86
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.57
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.44
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.44
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.81
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.492
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.33
13.33
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Knight and Lon Warneke

Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
2250
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
459
255
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1080
600
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
962
534.44
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
215
119.44
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
101.67
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.44
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.11
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
17.78
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.26
34.59
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
257
142.78
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
271
150.56
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
48.33
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
53.89
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
100
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.29
-43.52
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69.6
38.66
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
28.89
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
300
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
148
82.22
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.3
7.3
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
34.44
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
31
17.22
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100