How Cliff Lee's Losses Compares to Similar Players

Cliff Lee totaled 91 career Losses, well above the starting pitcher average of 43.6 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Losses season came in 2002, posting 1, well below the starting pitcher average of 6.3 that year. The highest point came in 2009 at 13, well above the starting pitcher average of 6.1 that year. The Losses trended upward through the final seasons. The Losses total went from 9 in 2012 to 8 in 2013 and 5 in 2014, falling over the span. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Losses profile — ranging from 1 to 13 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Cliff Lee Lifetime Losses

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Cliff Lee Losses Per Season

Cliff Lee's Losses 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 Losses per season line chart

Cliff Lee Losses by Team

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

Cliff Lee Cumulative Losses — Career Progression

A running total of Cliff Lee's career Losses, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Cliff Lee Losses year-over-year waterfall chart

Cliff Lee Losses Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Cliff Lee's seasonal Losses 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 Losses distribution box chart versus comparable players

Cliff Lee Losses — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Cliff Lee's MLB career with Losses 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 Losses season-by-season breakdown table