Norm Lehr vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Norm Lehr
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Matthews built a career as a starting pitcher and Norm Lehr as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 3.07 and 1.023 for Norm Lehr. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Norm Lehr and Dick Matthews

Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.45
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Norm Lehr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Lehr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
3.07
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.07
3.07
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.2
9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Norm Lehr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
6.75
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Lehr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2.45
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.45
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
4.79
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.546
0.546
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Norm Lehr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
35.59
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
35.63
Norm Lehr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.45
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Lehr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
3.07
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.07
3.07
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Norm Lehr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.023
1.023
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
33.14
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Norm Lehr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Norm Lehr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
0.237
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.59
35.59
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Norm Lehr and Dick Matthews

Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.28
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
27
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112.2
9
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Norm Lehr and Dick Matthews

Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
600
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
520
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
32.74
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
120
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
146.67
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.67
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-61.6
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
38.51
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Lehr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Lehr
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA