Cliff Carter vs. Spencer Patton — Career Comparison

Cliff Carter
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaHarrisburg GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher
Spencer Patton
MillenialIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cliff Carter built a career as a starting pitcher and Spencer Patton 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 5.11 and 1.341 for Spencer Patton. By the career numbers, Cliff Carter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cliff Carter and Spencer Patton

Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
1.44
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
8.74
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.12
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.62
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.39
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.56
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.54
52.54
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.78
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
4.79
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
5.11
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1347
27
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
349
27
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
9
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.1
9
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
500
10.02
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
7.97
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.02
10.02
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.97
7.97
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.32
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.24
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
3.53
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
4.02
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
3.73
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
9.13
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.13
9.13
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.806
0.806
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.461
1.461
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.38
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.54
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2023
40.55
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
501
38.76
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.63
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
307
6.15
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
5.49
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.16
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.68
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.54
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.332
1.332
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1777
35.62
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
438
33.89
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.55
40.55
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.76
38.76

Fielding Stats for Cliff Carter and Spencer Patton

Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.46
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.79
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.11
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1388
27
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
27
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462.2
9
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.2
9
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.93
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.12
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.62
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.29
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
2.49
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.54
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.2
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.54
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.28
88.28
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.507
1.507
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.175
0.175
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
76
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cliff Carter and Spencer Patton

Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
85
240.57
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
33900
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
600
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
192
543.4
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
152.83
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
133.02
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.24
57.28
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
172.64
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
189.62
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.645
0.645
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
67.92
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
25.47
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
93.4
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.56
69.51
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
36.79
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.32
Spencer Patton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
53
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Spencer Patton
Career
Per 600 PA