Jim Pena vs. Lee Stange — Career Comparison

Jim Pena
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Stange
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Stange built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Pena as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Pena posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.48 and WHIP 1.682 compared to 3.56 and 1.289 for Lee Stange. By the career numbers, Jim Pena had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Pena and Lee Stange

Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.11
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359
2.66
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.41
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.93
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.46
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.45
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.41
50.41
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.82
34.82
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.24
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.16
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.48
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
481
3.56
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
27
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3648
27
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
9
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1216
9
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
10.02
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1172
8.67
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.02
10.02
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.82
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.05
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
4.09
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
2.55
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.02
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.38
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
6.55
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
718
5.31
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.182
1.182
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.873
0.873
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.26
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.12
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
41.73
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5100
37.75
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.82
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.57
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.89
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
553
4.09
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.64
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.568
1.568
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.247
1.247
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
35.59
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4734
35.04
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.73
41.73
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.75
37.75

Fielding Stats for Jim Pena and Lee Stange

Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.11
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359
2.66
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.41
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.93
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
27
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3646
27
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
9
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1215.1
9
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.6
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.25
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
1.1
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.61
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.07
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
1.78
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.45
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
1.7
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.42
95.42
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.638
0.638
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.82
34.82
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Pena and Lee Stange

Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
1875
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
360
583.78
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
370
600
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
305
494.59
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
38.92
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
35.68
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.24
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.24
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
13.52
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.39
7.12
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
42.16
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
89.19
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
21.08
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.59
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
35.68
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
20.68
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.09
-8.25
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.62
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
48.65
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
124
201.08
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
2.98
2.98
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
51.89
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.24
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.86
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA