Michael Lorenzen vs. Billy Pierce — Career Comparison

Michael Lorenzen
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Billy Pierce
Greatest GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Billy Pierce a clear advantage over Michael Lorenzen across the core pitching metrics. Billy Pierce led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 113 vs 91), strikeout rate (K%+ 102 vs 84), and run prevention (ERA+ 109 vs 98). Billy Pierce was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Michael Lorenzen and Billy Pierce

Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
3.57
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
585
1.59
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
1.08
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
1.18
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.49
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
0.57
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.5
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
0.46
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.54
49.54
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.53
55.53
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.13
30.13
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.85
73.85
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
0.53
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.1
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.09
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
4.08
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1201
3.27
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.246
0.246
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2988
27
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9920
27
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
996
9
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3306.2
9
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
921
8.32
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2989
8.14
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.32
8.32
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.14
8.14
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
1.13
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
0.77
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
387
3.5
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1178
3.21
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.1
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
826
7.46
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1999
5.44
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.46
7.46
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.09
2.09
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.218
1.218
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.961
0.961
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.46
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.13
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.37
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.03
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4214
38.08
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13853
37.7
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.5
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.23
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
474
4.28
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1325
3.61
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.18
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.85
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.313
1.313
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3751
33.89
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12645
34.42
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.7
37.7

Fielding Stats for Michael Lorenzen and Billy Pierce

Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
3.54
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
2.53
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
1.03
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
1.21
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6250
27
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2083.1
9
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.12
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.54
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
0.84
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.12
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
2.03
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
639
2.76
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
1.96
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
611
2.64
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.75
96.75
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.62
95.62
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.555
0.555
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.043
1.043
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.14
29.14
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.78
47.78
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.12
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.14
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Michael Lorenzen and Billy Pierce

Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
452
1844.9
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
616
294.5
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
147
600
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1255
600
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
133
542.86
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1102
526.85
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
0.74
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.49
0.49
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
126.53
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
203
97.05
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
20
81.63
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
186
88.92
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.24
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
6.22
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.08
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
1.91
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28.57
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
44.9
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
8.13
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16.37
66.82
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47.12
22.53
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
232.65
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
224
107.09
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
163.27
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
272
130.04
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.435
0.435
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.651
0.651
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
81.63
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
44.94
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
97.96
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
32.99
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
151.02
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
163
77.93
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15.21
62.09
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48.54
23.21
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.16
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
1.91
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
7
28.57
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
31.08
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
191.84
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
232
110.92
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
3.13
3.13
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.41
5.41
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
20.41
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
39.68
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.48
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
20.41
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
11.47
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
20.41
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.48
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.16
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.96
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28.57
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.43
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71.43
71.43
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
33.33
33.33