Jon Lieber vs. Frank Tanana — Career Comparison

Jon Lieber
Gen XIowaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Frank Tanana
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Jon Lieber a clear advantage over Frank Tanana across the core pitching metrics. Jon Lieber led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 177 vs 101), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 103 vs 87), and home run suppression (HR9+ 84 vs 71). Jon Lieber was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jon Lieber and Frank Tanana

Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
1.64
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
638
1.37
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
1.34
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
616
1.32
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.54
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
0.52
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.51
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
0.51
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.37
51.37
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.42
50.42
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.55
81.55
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.55
96.55
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.31
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.07
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1043
4.27
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1704
3.66
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6594
27
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12565
27
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2198
9
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4188.1
9
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2388
9.78
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4063
8.73
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.78
9.78
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
1.17
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
448
0.96
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
1.73
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1255
2.7
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.21
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.25
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1553
6.36
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2773
5.96
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.36
6.36
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.899
0.899
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.962
0.962
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.12
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.26
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.2
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
0.28
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.05
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.06
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9300
38.08
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17641
37.91
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.07
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.02
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1158
4.74
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1910
4.1
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
0.38
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
0.35
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.31
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.25
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.67
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
0.66
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.278
1.278
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8660
35.46
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15975
34.33
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.91
37.91

Fielding Stats for Jon Lieber and Frank Tanana

Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
1.64
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
638
1.37
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
1.34
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
616
1.32
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6594
27
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12565
27
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2198
9
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4188.1
9
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
0.69
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226
0.49
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
1.1
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
638
1.37
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.08
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.04
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
458
1.88
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
883
1.9
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
438
1.79
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
864
1.86
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.63
95.63
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.85
97.85
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.092
1.092
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.55
81.55
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.55
96.55
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.09
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jon Lieber and Frank Tanana

Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
405
347.64
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
639
5990.63
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
699
600
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
64
600
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
612
525.32
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
553.13
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.413
0.413
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
72.96
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
84.38
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
58.37
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
65.63
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
14.59
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.38
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
14.59
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.75
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.38
13.21
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
19.34
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
87.55
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
112.5
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
98.71
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
103.13
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.345
0.345
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
30.9
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
3
28.13
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
21.46
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
46.88
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
52.36
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
75
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.53
1.31
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
11.29
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
25.75
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
2
18.75
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
234
200.86
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
112.5
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
2.99
2.99
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
47.21
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
3
28.13
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.72
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
20
17.17
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0