Eric Lauer vs. Ed Weiland — Career Comparison

Eric Lauer
MillenialOhioThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ed Weiland
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Eric Lauer built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Weiland 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 8.25 and 1.792 for Ed Weiland. 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 Ed Weiland

Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
1.9
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.75
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.63
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.58
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.5
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.57
53.57
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.81
85.81
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
4.13
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
8.25
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.25
8.25
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.04
7.04
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2104
27
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
27
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
701.1
9
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
9
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
675
8.66
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
12.38
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.38
12.38
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
1.42
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.88
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
3.29
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
3.75
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
8.59
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.63
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.708
0.708
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.18
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.13
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.24
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3003
38.54
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
43.5
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.25
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
4.54
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
9.75
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.18
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.19
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.45
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.328
1.328
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.792
1.792
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2699
34.64
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
39.75
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.54
38.54
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.5
43.5

Fielding Stats for Eric Lauer and Ed Weiland

Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.9
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.63
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2104
27
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
701.1
9
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.36
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.85
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.32
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.21
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.26
91.26
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.635
0.635
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.81
85.81
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Eric Lauer and Ed Weiland

Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
743.8
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
857.14
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
600
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96
476.03
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.446
0.446
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
49.59
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.88
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
19.83
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.13
15.53
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
10.96
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
79.34
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
79.34
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
24.79
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.79
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.01
-0.07
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.05
-4.06
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.79
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
53
262.81
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
2.28
2.28
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.33
2.33
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
84.3
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.92
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA