Jack Spring vs. Lon Warneke — Career Comparison

Jack Spring
Silent GenerationWashingtonThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lon Warneke
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Lon Warneke built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Spring 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 4.26 and 1.565 for Jack Spring. By the career numbers, Lon Warneke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Spring and Lon Warneke

Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
7.5
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
1.44
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
1.11
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.39
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.59
70.59
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.34
61.34
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.08
77.08
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.1
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.39
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
4.26
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
984
3.18
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8347
27
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2782.1
9
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
9.44
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2726
8.82
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.02
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
0.57
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
3.77
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
2.39
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.87
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
4.16
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1140
3.69
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.882
0.882
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.16
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.09
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
823
39.82
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11608
37.55
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
2.47
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.21
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
5.13
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1164
3.77
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
35.81
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10842
35.07
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.82
39.82
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Jack Spring and Lon Warneke

Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
7.5
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
27
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
9
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.89
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
2.52
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.32
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.31
92.31
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.81
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.492
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Spring and Lon Warneke

Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PAverified
155
2735.29
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
459
255
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1080
600
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
28
494.12
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
962
534.44
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
215
119.44
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
101.67
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.44
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.11
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
17.78
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
7
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.26
34.59
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
257
142.78
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
271
150.56
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
48.33
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
53.89
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
100
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.43
-7.54
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69.6
38.66
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
28.89
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
282.35
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
148
82.22
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
2.13
2.13
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.3
7.3
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
88.24
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
34.44
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
31
17.22
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100