How Cliff Lee's Equivalent Average Compares to Similar Players

Cliff Lee posted a career Equivalent Average of .468, well below the league average of .748 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Equivalent Average season came in 2004, posting .667, below the league average of .793 that year. The lowest point came in 2005 at .000, well below the league average of .778 that year. The Equivalent Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .428 in 2012 to .514 in 2013 and .520 in 2014. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Equivalent Average profile — ranging from .000 to .667 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Cliff Lee Lifetime Equivalent Average

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Cliff Lee Equivalent Average Per Season

Cliff Lee's Equivalent Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Cliff Lee Equivalent Average per season line chart

Cliff Lee Equivalent Average by Team

Cliff Lee's career Equivalent Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Cliff Lee career Equivalent Average by team bar chart

Cliff Lee Equivalent Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Cliff Lee's career Equivalent Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Cliff Lee Equivalent Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Cliff Lee Equivalent Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Cliff Lee's seasonal Equivalent Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Cliff Lee Equivalent Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Cliff Lee Equivalent Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Cliff Lee's MLB career with Equivalent Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Cliff Lee Equivalent Average season-by-season breakdown table