Eric Lauer vs. Brian Van Belle — Career Comparison

Eric Lauer
MillenialOhioThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brian Van Belle
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Eric Lauer built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Van Belle as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Eric Lauer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.13 and WHIP 1.339 compared to 5.4 and 1.560 for Brian Van Belle. By the career numbers, Eric Lauer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eric Lauer and Brian Van Belle

Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
1.9
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.32
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.63
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.58
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.08
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.5
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.57
53.57
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.81
85.81
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
4.13
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5.4
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.01
7.01
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.361
0.361
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2104
27
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
27
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
701.1
9
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
9
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
675
8.66
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
14.04
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.04
14.04
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
1.42
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.16
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
256
3.29
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
8.59
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6.48
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.18
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.08
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.24
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3003
38.54
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
38.88
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.16
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
4.54
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5.4
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.18
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.19
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.45
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.16
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.328
1.328
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2699
34.64
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
38.88
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.393
0.393
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.54
38.54
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Eric Lauer and Brian Van Belle

Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
1.9
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.32
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.63
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2104
27
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
27
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
701.1
9
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
9
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.36
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.85
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.32
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.21
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.26
91.26
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.635
0.635
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.81
85.81
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Eric Lauer and Brian Van Belle

Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
743.8
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
600
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
476.03
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.446
0.446
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.88
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
19.83
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.13
15.53
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
79.34
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
79.34
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.79
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.79
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
44.63
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.01
-0.07
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.79
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
53
262.81
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.28
2.28
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
84.3
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.92
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Brian Van Belle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Van Belle
Career
Per 600 PA