Mike Matthews vs. Lee Stange — Career Comparison

Mike Matthews
Gen XVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Stange
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Stange built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Matthews as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Matthews led in home run suppression (HR9+ 125 vs 83), run prevention (ERA+ 107 vs 100), and strikeout rate (K%+ 92 vs 88). Lee Stange held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 119 vs 89). Role difference aside, Mike Matthews holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Mike Matthews and Lee Stange

Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
8.5
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359
2.66
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.37
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.93
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.52
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.46
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.37
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.45
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.41
50.41
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.82
34.82
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.24
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.16
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
4.54
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
3.56
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
731
27
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3648
27
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
243.2
9
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1216
9
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
8.75
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1172
8.67
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.75
8.75
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
1.07
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.05
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
4.47
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
2.55
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.59
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.38
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
6.46
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
718
5.31
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.46
6.46
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.873
0.873
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.7
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.26
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.48
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.12
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1073
39.63
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5100
37.75
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.74
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.57
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
4.76
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
4.09
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.41
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.48
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.89
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.469
1.469
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.247
1.247
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
33.8
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4734
35.04
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.63
39.63
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.75
37.75

Fielding Stats for Mike Matthews and Lee Stange

Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
8.5
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359
2.66
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.37
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.93
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
731
27
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3646
27
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
243.2
9
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1215.1
9
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.26
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.6
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.15
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
1.1
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.51
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
1.78
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.4
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.7
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.68
92.68
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.42
95.42
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.165
0.165
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.638
0.638
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.82
34.82
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Matthews and Lee Stange

Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
231
4950
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
360
583.78
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
28
600
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
370
600
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
535.71
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
494.59
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
64.29
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
38.92
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
35.68
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.24
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.24
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.31
27.97
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.39
7.12
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
128.57
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
42.16
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
64.29
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
89.19
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
21.08
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
14.59
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
35.68
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
5.28
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.09
-8.25
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.62
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
48.65
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
192.86
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
124
201.08
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.11
3.11
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
2.98
2.98
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
64.29
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
51.89
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.24
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.86
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA