Jake Boyd vs. Cliff Carter — Career Comparison

Jake Boyd
Pre-GenerationalWest VirginiaThrows LeftNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cliff Carter
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaHarrisburg GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cliff Carter built a career as a starting pitcher and Jake Boyd as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cliff Carter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.79 and WHIP 1.506 compared to 7.02 and 1.970 for Jake Boyd. By the career numbers, Cliff Carter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jake Boyd and Cliff Carter

Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.38
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.44
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.13
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
1.12
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.19
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.62
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.56
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.79
15.79
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.54
52.54
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.82
81.82
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.78
77.78
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.81
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.78
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
7.02
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
4.79
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.02
7.02
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.11
7.11
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
431
27
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1347
27
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
143.2
9
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
9
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
13.41
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
10.02
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.41
13.41
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.02
10.02
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
4.32
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
3.53
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.69
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
3.73
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.668
0.668
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.806
0.806
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.31
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.38
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.06
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
716
44.85
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2023
40.55
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.25
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
10.27
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
6.15
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.27
10.27
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.15
6.15
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.16
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.68
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.97
1.97
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.506
1.506
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
39.47
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1777
35.62
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.45
7.45
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.85
44.85
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.55
40.55

Fielding Stats for Jake Boyd and Cliff Carter

Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.44
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.46
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.11
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1388
27
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462.2
9
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.22
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
1.59
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.12
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.29
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.41
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
2.49
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
2.81
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
2.2
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.47
82.47
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.28
88.28
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.954
1.954
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.507
1.507
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
76
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Boyd and Cliff Carter

Jake Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
62
166.82
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
240.57
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
223
600
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
212
600
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
193
519.28
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
192
543.4
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.682
0.682
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.668
0.668
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
47
126.46
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
152.83
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
40
107.62
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
133.02
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
5
13.45
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.69
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.69
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
7
18.83
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.32
62.75
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
20.24
57.28
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
57
153.36
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
172.64
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
207.17
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
67
189.62
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.327
0.327
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.295
0.295
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.641
0.641
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.645
0.645
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.623
0.623
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.536
0.536
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
83.41
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
24
67.92
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
48.43
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
25.47
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
129.15
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
33
93.4
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.11
70.24
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
24.56
69.51
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.52
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
59.19
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
13
36.79
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
33
88.79
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.32
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
6.76
6.76
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
53
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.67
0.67
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.76
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.76
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA