Steve Sinclair vs. Lon Warneke — Career Comparison

Steve Sinclair
Gen XCANThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lon Warneke
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Lon Warneke built a career as a starting pitcher and Steve Sinclair 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 5.24 and 1.631 for Steve Sinclair. 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 Sinclair and Lon Warneke

Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
11.8
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
1.44
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
1.11
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Steve Sinclair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.39
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.34
61.34
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.08
77.08
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.1
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Steve Sinclair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.24
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
984
3.18
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
27
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8347
27
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.1
9
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2782.1
9
Steve Sinclair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
9.17
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2726
8.82
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Steve Sinclair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.31
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
0.57
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Steve Sinclair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Steve Sinclair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
4.98
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
2.39
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
6.82
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1140
3.69
Steve Sinclair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.82
6.82
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Steve Sinclair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.311
1.311
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Steve Sinclair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.16
Steve Sinclair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.09
Steve Sinclair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
40.89
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11608
37.55
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.36
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.21
Steve Sinclair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
6.03
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1164
3.77
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.03
6.03
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Sinclair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.52
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.573
1.573
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
35.39
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10842
35.07
Steve Sinclair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Steve Sinclair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.89
40.89
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Steve Sinclair and Lon Warneke

Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
11.8
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Sinclair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
27
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Sinclair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.1
9
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.31
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
Steve Sinclair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.31
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.31
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
Steve Sinclair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.81
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.111
0.111
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.492
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Sinclair and Lon Warneke

Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
45
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
459
255
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1080
600
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
962
534.44
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
215
119.44
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
101.67
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.44
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.11
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
17.78
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.26
34.59
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
257
142.78
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
271
150.56
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
48.33
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
53.89
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
100
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69.6
38.66
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
28.89
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Sinclair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
148
82.22
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.3
7.3
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
34.44
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Sinclair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
31
17.22
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Steve Sinclair
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100