Eric Plunk vs. Lee Stange — Career Comparison

Eric Plunk
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Stange
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Stange built a career as a starting pitcher and Eric Plunk as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lee Stange led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 119 vs 73), home run suppression (HR9+ 83 vs 69), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 94 vs 82). Eric Plunk held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 115 vs 88). Role difference aside, Lee Stange holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Eric Plunk and Lee Stange

Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
714
5.58
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
2.66
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.32
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.93
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.56
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.46
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.45
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.45
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.38
55.38
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.41
50.41
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.82
34.82
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.24
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.27
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.16
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
488
3.82
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
3.56
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3453
27
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3648
27
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
9
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1216
9
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1009
7.89
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
1172
8.67
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.67
8.67
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.95
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.05
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
647
5.06
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
2.55
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.35
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1081
8.45
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
718
5.31
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.501
1.501
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.873
0.873
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.59
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.26
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.25
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.12
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.19
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5030
39.33
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5100
37.75
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
1.83
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.57
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
537
4.2
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
4.09
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.36
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.29
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.68
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.439
1.439
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.247
1.247
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4268
33.37
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4734
35.04
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.33
39.33
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.75
37.75

Fielding Stats for Eric Plunk and Lee Stange

Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
714
5.58
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
2.66
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.32
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.93
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3453
27
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3646
27
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
9
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1215.1
9
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.34
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.6
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.73
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.1
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.1
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
1.17
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
1.78
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
1.06
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.7
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.28
91.28
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.42
95.42
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.191
0.191
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.638
0.638
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.82
34.82
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Eric Plunk and Lee Stange

Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
715
143000
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
360
583.78
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
370
600
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
305
494.59
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
38.92
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
35.68
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.24
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.24
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
10.43
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.39
7.12
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
42.16
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
89.19
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
21.08
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.59
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
35.68
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
19.42
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.09
-8.25
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.62
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
48.65
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PAverified
124
201.08
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.98
2.98
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
51.89
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.24
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.86
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA