Clay Buchholz vs. Rheal Cormier — Career Comparison

Clay Buchholz
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Rheal Cormier
Gen XCANThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Clay Buchholz built a career as a starting pitcher and Rheal Cormier as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clay Buchholz led in home run suppression (HR9+ 168 vs 84), run prevention (ERA+ 135 vs 99), and strikeout rate (K%+ 96 vs 79). Rheal Cormier held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 152 vs 89). Role difference aside, Clay Buchholz holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Clay Buchholz and Rheal Cormier

Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
1.59
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
5.03
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.47
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.8
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.61
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.52
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.47
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.47
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.6
56.6
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.59
52.59
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.37
92.37
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.81
15.81
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
3.98
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
547
4.03
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3997
27
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
3665
27
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1332.1
9
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221.2
9
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
8.59
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1248
9.19
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.19
9.19
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
0.94
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.89
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
458
3.09
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
2.34
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.27
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1024
6.92
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
760
5.6
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.882
0.882
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.2
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.29
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.33
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5607
37.88
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5157
37.99
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.77
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
644
4.35
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
604
4.45
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.42
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.31
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.24
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
0.99
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.99
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.299
1.299
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.281
1.281
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5034
34.01
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4700
34.62
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.99
37.99

Fielding Stats for Clay Buchholz and Rheal Cormier

Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
1.59
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
5.03
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.48
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.8
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3997
27
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
3665
27
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1332.1
9
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221.2
9
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.95
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.59
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
0.91
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.78
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
292
1.97
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
2.44
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
1.86
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
2.36
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.52
94.52
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.98
96.98
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.8
92.8
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.96
15.96
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.14
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clay Buchholz and Rheal Cormier

Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
238
2644.44
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
684
1800
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
54
600
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
228
600
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
511.11
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
192
505.26
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.513
0.513
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
4
44.44
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
94.74
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.33
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
81.58
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
10.53
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.63
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
13.16
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.67
7.45
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.63
22.7
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
5
55.56
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
110.53
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
6
66.67
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
110.53
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
39.47
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
31.58
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
71.05
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.16
-12.94
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.99
23.66
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.63
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.22
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
13.16
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
266.67
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
118.42
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.07
5.07
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
6
66.67
Rheal Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
78.95
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.63
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
Rheal Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA