Cliff Carter vs. Bob James — Career Comparison

Cliff Carter
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaHarrisburg GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cliff Carter built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob James as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bob James posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.8 and WHIP 1.371 compared to 4.79 and 1.506 for Cliff Carter. By the career numbers, Bob James had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cliff Carter and Bob James

Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
1.44
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.12
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.62
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.56
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.57
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.54
52.54
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
48
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.78
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.61
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
4.79
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.8
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1347
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
500
10.02
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
8.34
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.02
10.02
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.32
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.86
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
3.53
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
3.47
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
3.73
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
7.52
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.806
0.806
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.38
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2023
40.55
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1755
38.81
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
307
6.15
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.16
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.6
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.68
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1777
35.62
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1533
33.9
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.55
40.55
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Cliff Carter and Bob James

Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.46
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.11
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1388
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462.2
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.62
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.12
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.04
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.29
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
2.49
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
1.95
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.2
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.66
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.28
88.28
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.23
85.23
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.507
1.507
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
76
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cliff Carter and Bob James

Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
85
240.57
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
7971.43
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
600
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
192
543.4
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
152.83
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
133.02
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.24
57.28
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.69
19.6
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
172.64
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
189.62
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.645
0.645
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
67.92
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
25.47
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
93.4
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.56
69.51
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
14.28
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
36.79
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.32
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
53
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA