Ron Meridith vs. Lee Stange — Career Comparison

Ron Meridith
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Stange
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Stange built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Meridith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lee Stange posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.56 and WHIP 1.289 compared to 4.78 and 1.792 for Ron Meridith. By the career numbers, Lee Stange had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Meridith and Lee Stange

Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
6.09
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359
2.66
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.93
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.6
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.46
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.45
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.41
50.41
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.82
34.82
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.24
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.16
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
4.78
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
3.56
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
27
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3648
27
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.1
9
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1216
9
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
10.27
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1172
8.67
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.27
10.27
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.31
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.05
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
4.66
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
2.55
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.19
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.38
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
5.5
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
718
5.31
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.128
1.128
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.873
0.873
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.26
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.12
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
40.62
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5100
37.75
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.96
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.57
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
5.73
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
4.09
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.72
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.6
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.84
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.659
1.659
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.247
1.247
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
34.53
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4734
35.04
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.323
0.323
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.62
40.62
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.75
37.75

Fielding Stats for Ron Meridith and Lee Stange

Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
6.09
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359
2.66
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.93
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
27
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3646
27
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.1
9
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1215.1
9
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.6
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.91
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
1.1
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.03
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
1.78
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.03
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
1.7
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.42
95.42
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.638
0.638
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.82
34.82
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Meridith and Lee Stange

Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
6120
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
360
583.78
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
370
600
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
305
494.59
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
38.92
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
35.68
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.24
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.24
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
59.55
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.39
7.12
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
42.16
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
89.19
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
21.08
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.59
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
35.68
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.63
76
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.09
-8.25
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.62
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
48.65
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
124
201.08
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
2.98
2.98
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
51.89
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.24
Ron Meridith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.86
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Meridith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA