Steve Shields vs. Lon Warneke — Career Comparison

Steve Shields
Baby BoomersAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lon Warneke
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Lon Warneke built a career as a starting pitcher and Steve Shields as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lon Warneke posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.18 and WHIP 1.245 compared to 5.26 and 1.703 for Steve Shields. By the career numbers, Lon Warneke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Shields and Lon Warneke

Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
4.19
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
1.44
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
1.11
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.33
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.33
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.39
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.34
61.34
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.08
77.08
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.1
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
5.26
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
984
3.18
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
657
27
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8347
27
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
9
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2782.1
9
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
11.05
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2726
8.82
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
1.32
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
0.57
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
3.74
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
2.39
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.53
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
5.18
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1140
3.69
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.18
5.18
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.991
0.991
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.62
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.16
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.09
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
991
40.73
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11608
37.55
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.32
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.21
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
6
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1164
3.77
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.53
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.48
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.644
1.644
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
874
35.92
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10842
35.07
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.73
40.73
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Steve Shields and Lon Warneke

Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
4.19
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
657
27
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
9
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.74
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.99
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.81
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.73
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.45
95.45
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.81
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.412
0.412
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.492
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.88
5.88
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Shields and Lon Warneke

Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PAverified
102
3060
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
459
255
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1080
600
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
570
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
962
534.44
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
215
119.44
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
101.67
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.44
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.11
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
17.78
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
8.92
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.26
34.59
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
257
142.78
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
3
90
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
271
150.56
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
48.33
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
53.89
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
100
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.29
-8.67
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69.6
38.66
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
28.89
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
210
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
148
82.22
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
2.86
2.86
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.3
7.3
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
34.44
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
31
17.22
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100