Jerry Lane vs. Dike Varney — Career Comparison

Jerry Lane
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dike Varney
Pre-GenerationalNew HampshireThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Jerry Lane and Dike Varney are fairly close on the surface numbers. Jerry Lane posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.48 vs 6.14) and WHIP (1.417 vs 1.773). Dike Varney had the advantage in home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 0.57). By the career numbers, Jerry Lane had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Jerry Lane and Dike Varney

Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.56
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.84
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.84
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.61
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.69
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.61
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
4.48
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
6.14
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.14
6.14
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
27
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
27
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78.1
9
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.2
9
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
9.65
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
8.59
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.65
9.65
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.57
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.87
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
7.36
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
3.79
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.3
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.07
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
38.49
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
44.8
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.07
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.71
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
9.2
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9.2
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.392
1.392
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.773
1.773
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
35.5
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
34.36
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.8
44.8

Fielding Stats for Jerry Lane and Dike Varney

Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
12.88
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.8
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
27
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
27
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21.2
9
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.83
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.57
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.4
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
3.6
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.4
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.667
1.667
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jerry Lane and Dike Varney

Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
1094.12
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
600
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
458.82
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
26.32
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
14.97
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
105.88
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
16.95
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
8.98
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
4
141.18
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
Jerry Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA