Willard Mains vs. Lee Stange — Career Comparison

Willard Mains
Pre-GenerationalMaineThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati Kelly's KillersAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Lee Stange
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Stange built a career as a starting pitcher and Willard Mains as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Willard Mains posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.53 and WHIP 1.550 compared to 3.56 and 1.289 for Lee Stange. By the career numbers, Willard Mains had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Willard Mains and Lee Stange

Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.41
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
359
2.66
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.08
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
0.93
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.54
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.46
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.57
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.45
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.48
48.48
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.41
50.41
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.19
76.19
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.82
34.82
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.81
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.24
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.16
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
3.53
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
481
3.56
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
803
27
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3648
27
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
267.2
9
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1216
9
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
8.78
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1172
8.67
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.05
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154
5.18
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
2.55
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
3.23
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
718
5.31
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.31
5.31
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.934
0.934
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.873
0.873
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.57
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.26
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.5
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.12
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1219
40.99
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5100
37.75
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.3
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.57
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
6.42
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
4.09
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.42
6.42
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.247
1.247
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1050
35.31
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4734
35.04
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.99
40.99
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.75
37.75

Fielding Stats for Willard Mains and Lee Stange

Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.43
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
359
2.66
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.93
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
828
27
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3646
27
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
9
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1215.1
9
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.2
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.6
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
2.64
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
1.1
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
3.1
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
1.78
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
2.84
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
1.7
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.58
91.58
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.42
95.42
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.977
1.977
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.638
0.638
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.82
34.82
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willard Mains and Lee Stange

Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
45
207.69
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
583.78
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
130
600
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
370
600
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PAverified
124
572.31
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
494.59
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.658
0.658
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
147.69
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
24
38.92
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
115.38
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
22
35.68
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.24
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
32.31
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.24
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.05
60.24
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
4.39
7.12
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
198.46
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
26
42.16
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
175.38
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
89.19
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.639
0.639
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.554
0.554
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
78.46
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
13
21.08
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
9
14.59
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
143.08
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
22
35.68
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.61
67.42
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.09
-8.25
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.62
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
6
27.69
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
48.65
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
64.62
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
124
201.08
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.29
9.29
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
2.98
2.98
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
51.89
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.24
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.86
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA