Clay Buchholz vs. Chuck Seelbach — Career Comparison

Clay Buchholz
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Chuck Seelbach
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Clay Buchholz built a career as a starting pitcher and Chuck Seelbach as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chuck Seelbach posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.38 and WHIP 1.332 compared to 3.98 and 1.307 for Clay Buchholz. By the career numbers, Chuck Seelbach had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clay Buchholz and Chuck Seelbach

Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
1.59
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
5.17
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.47
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.61
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.69
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.47
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.55
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.6
56.6
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.56
55.56
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.37
92.37
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.96
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
589
3.98
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.37
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3997
27
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
392
27
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1332.1
9
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
130.2
9
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
8.59
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
8.13
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.59
8.59
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.13
8.13
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
0.94
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.76
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
3.09
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
3.51
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1024
6.92
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
5.44
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.995
0.995
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.2
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.41
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.33
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5607
37.88
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
544
37.47
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.48
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
644
4.35
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
3.58
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.55
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.31
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.99
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.299
1.299
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5034
34.01
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
477
32.85
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.88
37.88
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.47
37.47

Fielding Stats for Clay Buchholz and Chuck Seelbach

Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
1.59
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
5.17
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.48
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3997
27
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
392
27
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1332.1
9
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
130.2
9
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.95
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
0.91
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.52
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
1.97
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.86
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
1.86
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.65
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.52
94.52
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.8
92.8
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clay Buchholz and Chuck Seelbach

Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
2644.44
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
75
1730.77
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
600
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
511.11
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
21
484.62
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.577
0.577
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
44.44
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.33
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.67
7.45
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.78
41.19
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
5
55.56
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
6
66.67
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.518
0.518
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.16
-12.94
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.47
33.83
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.22
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
24
266.67
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
253.85
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.36
2.36
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
66.67
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA