How Cliff Lee's Runs Compares to Similar Players

Cliff Lee totaled 923 career Runs, well above the starting pitcher average of 382.3 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Runs season came in 2002, posting 2, well below the starting pitcher average of 58.4 that year. The highest point came in 2006 at 114, well above the starting pitcher average of 58.6 that year. The Runs trended upward through the final seasons. The Runs total went from 79 in 2012 to 77 in 2013 and 40 in 2014, falling over the span. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Runs profile — ranging from 2 to 114 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

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Cliff Lee Runs Per Season

Cliff Lee's Runs 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 Runs per season line chart

Cliff Lee Runs by Team

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

Cliff Lee Cumulative Runs — Career Progression

A running total of Cliff Lee's career Runs, 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 Runs year-over-year waterfall chart

Cliff Lee Runs Distribution vs. Comparable Players

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

Cliff Lee Runs — Season-by-Season Breakdown

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