Mickey Lolich vs. Fred Rath Jr. — Career Comparison

Mickey Lolich
Silent GenerationOregonThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Fred Rath Jr.
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mickey Lolich built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Rath Jr. as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Rath Jr. posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.69 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 3.44 and 1.246 for Mickey Lolich. By the career numbers, Fred Rath Jr. had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mickey Lolich and Fred Rath Jr.

Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.45
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
496
1.23
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
0.54
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
0.47
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.19
53.19
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.64
84.64
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.48
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.1
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1390
3.44
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10915
27
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3638.1
9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3366
8.33
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
10.13
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.33
8.33
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
0.86
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1099
2.72
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2832
7.01
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.31
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.23
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15140
37.45
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
38.81
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.1
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1537
3.8
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.27
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.15
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.22
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.227
1.227
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13782
34.09
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
33.75
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.45
37.45
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Mickey Lolich and Fred Rath Jr.

Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.45
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
496
1.23
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10915
27
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3638.1
9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.25
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
448
1.11
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.09
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.45
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
1.36
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.52
93.52
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.64
84.64
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.04
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mickey Lolich and Fred Rath Jr.

Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
592
349.26
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1017
600
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
821
484.37
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
53.1
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
48.97
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.95
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.18
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.13
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.39
12.03
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
58.41
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
200
117.99
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.335
0.335
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
37.17
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
18.29
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
55.46
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.05
5.34
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.95
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
61.95
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 600 PAverified
362
213.57
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.81
2.81
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
50.15
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.59
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Career
Per 600 PA
20
11.8
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.59
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.59
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.18
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Lolich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA