Clifford Allen vs. Mike Venafro — Career Comparison

Clifford Allen
UnknownThrows RightBats RightMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Venafro
Gen XMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Clifford Allen built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Venafro as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Venafro posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.09 and WHIP 1.457 compared to 9.47 and 2.474 for Clifford Allen. By the career numbers, Mike Venafro had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clifford Allen and Mike Venafro

Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.32
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
10.91
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.42
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.53
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.36
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.47
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.18
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
9.47
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
4.09
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.47
9.47
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.22
9.22
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
27
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
760
27
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
9
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253.1
9
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
16.11
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.38
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.11
16.11
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.38
9.38
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.53
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.05
0.05
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
6.16
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
3.34
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.39
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
6.16
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
4.65
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.16
6.16
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.888
0.888
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.21
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.75
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
48.79
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1107
39.33
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.42
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
10.89
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
4.58
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.89
10.89
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.47
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.5
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.31
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.474
2.474
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.413
1.413
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
42.16
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
965
34.28
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.447
0.447
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.79
48.79
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for Clifford Allen and Mike Venafro

Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.48
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
10.91
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.13
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
27
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
760
27
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
9
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253.1
9
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.35
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.35
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.85
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.21
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.15
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
2.49
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.7
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
2.27
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.43
91.43
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.091
1.091
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.209
0.209
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.21
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clifford Allen and Mike Venafro

Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
450
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
307
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
600
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
4.95
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.5
-18.8
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA