Bob Anderson vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Bob Anderson
Silent GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cliff Lee
Gen XArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

The numbers give Cliff Lee a clear advantage over Bob Anderson across the core pitching metrics. Cliff Lee led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 147 vs 93), run prevention (ERA+ 114 vs 89), and strikeout rate (K%+ 120 vs 100). Bob Anderson held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 107 vs 94). Cliff Lee was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Bob Anderson and Cliff Lee

Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
2.63
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.39
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.49
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.38
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.9
43.9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.8
37.8
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.12
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
4.26
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2522
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
840.2
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
858
9.19
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
8.83
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.19
9.19
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.86
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
0.93
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
3.42
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.33
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
502
5.37
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.977
0.977
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.32
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.17
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.21
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3634
38.9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.66
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
450
4.82
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.22
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.23
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.69
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3288
35.2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8296
34.62
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.9
38.9
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Bob Anderson and Cliff Lee

Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
2.64
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2519
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
839.2
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.49
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.35
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
1.77
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
0.78
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.14
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
2.4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.21
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
2.26
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.13
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.2
94.2
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.77
93.77
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.858
0.858
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.826
0.826
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.8
37.8
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.15
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Anderson and Cliff Lee

Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
247
540.88
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
629.91
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
274
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
600
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
246
538.69
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
543.93
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.402
0.402
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
33
72.26
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
95.33
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
28
61.31
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
76.64
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.38
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.08
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.19
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.87
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.38
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.74
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
10.95
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.69
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
8.34
18.26
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
23.32
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
94.16
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
123.36
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
45
98.54
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.67
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.349
0.349
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
39.42
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
18
33.64
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
26.28
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
35.51
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
28
61.31
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
65.42
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
6.18
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.75
16.36
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.38
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
21.9
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.35
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
234.31
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
205.61
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.56
2.56
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
2.92
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
15
32.85
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
44.86
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.19
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.87
Bob Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.38
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.61
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Bob Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50