Michael Lorenzen vs. Dave Patterson — Career Comparison

Michael Lorenzen
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Dave Patterson
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Michael Lorenzen built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Patterson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Michael Lorenzen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.08 and WHIP 1.328 compared to 5.26 and 1.698 for Dave Patterson. By the career numbers, Michael Lorenzen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Michael Lorenzen and Dave Patterson

Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
395
3.57
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
6.11
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.08
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.49
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.68
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.5
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.54
49.54
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.13
30.13
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.02
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
4.08
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
5.26
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2988
27
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
27
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
9
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
9
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
8.32
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
10.53
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.53
10.53
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
1.13
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.85
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
3.5
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
3.74
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.02
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
826
7.46
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
5.77
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.46
7.46
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.77
5.77
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.218
1.218
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.057
1.057
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.46
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.37
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4214
38.08
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
40.42
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.5
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.23
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
4.28
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
5.94
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.18
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.85
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.585
1.585
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3751
33.89
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
36
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.42
40.42

Fielding Stats for Michael Lorenzen and Dave Patterson

Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
429
3.54
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
6.11
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
1.03
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
27
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
9
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.12
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.02
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
0.84
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.85
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
2.03
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.87
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
1.96
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.87
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.75
96.75
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.555
0.555
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.14
29.14
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.12
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Michael Lorenzen and Dave Patterson

Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
452
1844.9
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
2466.67
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
600
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
542.86
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
466.67
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
0.74
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
126.53
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
81.63
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.24
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.08
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28.57
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
44.9
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.37
66.82
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.06
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
232.65
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
163.27
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.651
0.651
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
81.63
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
97.96
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
151.02
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.21
62.09
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.33
-21.71
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.16
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28.57
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
47
191.84
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
3.13
3.13
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.5
4.5
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
20.41
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
20.41
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
20.41
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.16
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
28.57
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71.43
71.43
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0