Matt Roney vs. Lee Stange — Career Comparison

Matt Roney
Gen XOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Stange
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Stange built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Roney 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 5.42 and 1.538 for Matt Roney. By the career numbers, Lee Stange had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Matt Roney and Lee Stange

Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
4.13
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359
2.66
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.95
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
0.93
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.46
Matt Roney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.86
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.45
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.09
9.09
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.41
50.41
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.92
22.92
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.82
34.82
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.24
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.16
Matt Roney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
5.42
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
3.56
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3648
27
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1216
9
Matt Roney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
9.2
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1172
8.67
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9.2
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Matt Roney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.46
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.05
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Matt Roney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Matt Roney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
4.21
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
2.55
Matt Roney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.38
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
4.04
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
718
5.31
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.31
5.31
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Matt Roney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.873
0.873
Matt Roney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.26
Matt Roney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.34
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.12
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
40.16
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5100
37.75
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.2
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.57
Matt Roney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
5.93
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
4.09
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Matt Roney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.247
1.247
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
404
34.74
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4734
35.04
Matt Roney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Matt Roney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Matt Roney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.75
37.75

Fielding Stats for Matt Roney and Lee Stange

Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
4.13
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359
2.66
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.95
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
0.93
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3646
27
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1215.1
9
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.6
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
0.6
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.95
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.1
Matt Roney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.72
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
1.78
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.7
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.42
95.42
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.638
0.638
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.92
22.92
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.82
34.82
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Roney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Roney and Lee Stange

Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
14400
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
360
583.78
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
370
600
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
494.59
Matt Roney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Matt Roney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
38.92
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
35.68
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.24
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.24
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.39
7.12
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
42.16
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
89.19
Matt Roney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Matt Roney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Matt Roney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Matt Roney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Matt Roney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Matt Roney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
21.08
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.59
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
35.68
Matt Roney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.09
-8.25
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.62
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
48.65
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Roney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PAverified
124
201.08
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.98
2.98
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
51.89
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.24
Matt Roney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.86
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Roney
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA