Michael Lorenzen vs. Ron Piche — Career Comparison

Michael Lorenzen
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ron Piche
Silent GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Michael Lorenzen built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Piche 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 4.19 and 1.627 for Ron Piche. 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 Ron Piche

Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
395
3.57
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
5.45
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.08
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.45
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.49
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.5
Ron Piche
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.65
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.54
49.54
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.13
30.13
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.21
8.21
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ron Piche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.49
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
4.08
Ron Piche
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
4.19
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2988
27
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
664
27
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
9
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
221.1
9
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
8.32
Ron Piche
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
8.78
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
1.13
Ron Piche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.94
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Ron Piche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Ron Piche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
3.5
Ron Piche
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
5
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.85
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
826
7.46
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
6.38
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.46
7.46
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.218
1.218
Ron Piche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.46
Ron Piche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.37
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.37
Ron Piche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.28
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Ron Piche
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4214
38.08
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1001
40.7
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.5
Ron Piche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.28
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
4.28
Ron Piche
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
5.29
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Ron Piche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.18
Ron Piche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.85
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.532
1.532
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3751
33.89
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
35.42
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Ron Piche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Ron Piche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Ron Piche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.7
40.7

Fielding Stats for Michael Lorenzen and Ron Piche

Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
429
3.54
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
5.45
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
1.03
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.45
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
664
27
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
221.1
9
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.12
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.89
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
0.84
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.5
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Ron Piche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
2.03
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
2.44
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
1.96
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
2.4
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.75
96.75
Ron Piche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.33
98.33
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.555
0.555
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.14
29.14
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.21
8.21
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.12
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Piche
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Michael Lorenzen and Ron Piche

Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
452
1844.9
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
136
1736.17
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
600
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
47
600
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
542.86
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
42
536.17
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
0.74
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
126.53
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.77
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
81.63
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.77
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.24
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.08
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28.57
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
44.9
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.37
66.82
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
1.46
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
232.65
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.77
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
163.27
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
4
51.06
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.651
0.651
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
81.63
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.77
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
97.96
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
2
25.53
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
151.02
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
3
38.3
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.21
62.09
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.8
-35.7
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.16
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
28.57
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
38.3
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
191.84
Ron Piche
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
331.91
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.13
3.13
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
1.81
1.81
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
20.41
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
25.53
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
20.41
Ron Piche
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
20.41
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.16
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28.57
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71.43
71.43
Ron Piche
Career
Per 600 PA