Jerry Lane vs. Norman Plitt — Career Comparison

Jerry Lane
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Norman Plitt
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Norman Plitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Jerry Lane as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jerry Lane posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.48 and WHIP 1.417 compared to 4.77 and 1.716 for Norman Plitt. By the career numbers, Jerry Lane had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jerry Lane and Norman Plitt

Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.56
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
2.89
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.38
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.69
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.75
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.78
34.78
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
4.48
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
4.77
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
27
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78.1
9
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
9.65
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
10.67
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.65
9.65
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.67
10.67
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.57
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.38
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.87
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
4.77
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.79
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.13
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
38.49
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
41.07
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.07
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.75
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.71
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
5.53
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.392
1.392
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.716
1.716
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
35.5
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
36.04
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.91
1.91
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.07
41.07

Fielding Stats for Jerry Lane and Norman Plitt

Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
12.88
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
27
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21.2
9
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.83
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.57
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.4
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.4
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.419
0.419
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jerry Lane and Norman Plitt

Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
1094.12
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
23
627.27
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
600
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
13
458.82
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
545.45
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.75
26.32
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
30.93
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
136.36
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
54.55
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
3
105.88
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
109.09
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.48
16.95
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
41.46
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
141.18
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.4
4.4
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA