Oil Can Boyd vs. Phil Clark — Career Comparison

Baby BoomersMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Silent GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Oil Can Boyd built a career as a starting pitcher and Phil Clark as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Oil Can Boyd posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.04 and WHIP 1.310 compared to 7.98 and 2.114 for Phil Clark. By the career numbers, Oil Can Boyd had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Oil Can Boyd and Phil Clark

Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
1.39
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
8.59
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
1.34
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.51
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.5
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.23
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.32
50.32
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.73
96.73
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.28
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.61
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
624
4.04
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
7.98
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.98
7.98
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.66
7.66
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
6.2
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4169
27
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
27
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1389.2
9
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.2
9
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1427
9.24
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
11.66
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.66
11.66
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
1.08
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.23
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
2.38
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
6.75
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
799
5.17
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
3.68
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.159
1.159
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.13
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.11
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5831
37.76
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
43.57
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.07
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
4.4
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
9.82
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.26
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.29
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.58
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.292
1.292
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.046
2.046
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5363
34.73
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
36.82
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.76
37.76
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.57
43.57

Fielding Stats for Oil Can Boyd and Phil Clark

Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
1.39
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
8.59
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
1.34
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4169
27
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
27
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1389.2
9
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.2
9
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.83
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
1.21
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.84
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.07
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
2.11
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.84
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
2.04
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.84
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.63
96.63
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.472
1.472
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.214
0.214
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.73
96.73
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Oil Can Boyd and Phil Clark

Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
1136.28
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
9000
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
504.42
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
2.33
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.79
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.24
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-4.74
-25.16
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.93
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
207.08
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.9
2.9
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.31
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oil Can Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA