Bill Mack vs. Lon Warneke — Career Comparison

Bill Mack
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lon Warneke
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Lon Warneke built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Mack as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Mack posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.000 compared to 3.18 and 1.245 for Lon Warneke. By the career numbers, Bill Mack had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Mack and Lon Warneke

Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
1.44
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
1.11
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.39
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.34
61.34
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.08
77.08
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.1
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
984
3.18
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
27
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8347
27
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
9
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2782.1
9
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
7.5
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2726
8.82
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.5
7.5
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.5
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
0.57
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.5
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
739
2.39
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1140
3.69
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.675
0.675
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.16
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.5
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.09
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
31.5
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11608
37.55
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.21
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
4.5
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1164
3.77
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.245
1.245
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
28.5
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10842
35.07
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.5
31.5
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Bill Mack and Lon Warneke

Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
27
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
9
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.5
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
4.5
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.81
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.492
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Mack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Mack and Lon Warneke

Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
459
255
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1080
600
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
962
534.44
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.573
0.573
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
215
119.44
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
183
101.67
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.44
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.11
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
17.78
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.66
331.51
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62.26
34.59
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
800
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
257
142.78
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
271
150.56
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.333
1.333
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.533
0.533
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.633
0.633
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
48.33
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
53.89
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
100
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.81
361.6
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69.6
38.66
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
28.89
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
148
82.22
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.3
7.3
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
34.44
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Mack
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
31
17.22
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Bill Mack
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100