Michael Lorenzen vs. Dan Plesac — Career Comparison

Michael Lorenzen
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Dan Plesac
Baby BoomersIndianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Michael Lorenzen built a career as a starting pitcher and Dan Plesac as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dan Plesac led in strikeout rate (K%+ 116 vs 84), walk avoidance (BB%+ 114 vs 91), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 97 vs 87). Michael Lorenzen held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 92 vs 78). Role difference aside, Dan Plesac holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Michael Lorenzen and Dan Plesac

Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
395
3.57
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1064
8.93
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.08
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.12
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.49
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.55
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.5
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.6
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.54
49.54
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.79
47.79
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.13
30.13
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
1.33
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
452
4.08
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
3.64
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.246
0.246
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2988
27
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3216
27
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
996
9
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1072
9
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
921
8.32
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
977
8.2
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.32
8.32
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
1.13
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.88
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
387
3.5
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
3.38
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.45
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
826
7.46
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1041
8.74
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.46
7.46
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.74
8.74
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.218
1.218
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.346
1.346
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.46
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.34
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.37
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.14
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.08
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4214
38.08
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4539
38.11
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.5
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
3.54
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
474
4.28
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
4.01
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.39
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.18
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.85
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.57
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.313
1.313
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3751
33.89
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4031
33.84
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.11
38.11

Fielding Stats for Michael Lorenzen and Dan Plesac

Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
429
3.54
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1064
8.93
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
1.03
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.12
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
3216
27
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
1072
9
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.12
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
0.84
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.84
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
2.03
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.94
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
1.96
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.92
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.75
96.75
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.32
97.32
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.555
0.555
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.102
0.102
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.14
29.14
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.12
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Michael Lorenzen and Dan Plesac

Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
452
1844.9
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1064
42560
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
600
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
542.86
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
600
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
0.74
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
126.53
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
81.63
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.24
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.08
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28.57
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
44.9
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.37
66.82
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.3
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
232.65
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
163.27
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.651
0.651
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
81.63
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
97.96
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
151.02
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.21
62.09
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.27
-50.93
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.16
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28.57
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
191.84
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
400
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.13
3.13
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
20.41
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
20.41
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
40
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
20.41
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.16
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28.57
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71.43
71.43
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA