Josh Smoker vs. Lon Warneke — Career Comparison

Josh Smoker
MillenialGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lon Warneke
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Lon Warneke built a career as a starting pitcher and Josh Smoker 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 5.35 and 1.797 for Josh Smoker. By the career numbers, Lon Warneke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Josh Smoker and Lon Warneke

Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
1.44
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
1.11
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.39
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.34
61.34
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.08
77.08
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.1
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
5.35
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
984
3.18
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8347
27
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2782.1
9
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
10.37
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2726
8.82
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.37
10.37
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.82
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
0.57
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.82
1.82
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.9
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
2.39
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
11.05
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1140
3.69
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.05
11.05
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.772
1.772
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.16
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.09
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
42.15
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11608
37.55
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.37
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.21
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
5.81
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1164
3.77
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.46
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.696
1.696
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
36.23
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10842
35.07
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.366
0.366
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.15
42.15
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Josh Smoker and Lon Warneke

Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
27
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
9
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.57
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.8
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.8
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.81
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.085
0.085
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.492
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Josh Smoker and Lon Warneke

Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
12300
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
459
255
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1080
600
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
962
534.44
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
215
119.44
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
101.67
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.44
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.11
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
17.78
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.26
34.59
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
257
142.78
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
271
150.56
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
48.33
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
53.89
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
100
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.43
-64.8
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69.6
38.66
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
28.89
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
148
82.22
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.3
7.3
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
34.44
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
31
17.22
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100