Nick Carter vs. Clayton Lambert — Career Comparison

Nick Carter
Pre-GenerationalVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Clayton Lambert
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Nick Carter built a career as a starting pitcher and Clayton Lambert as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Nick Carter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.97 and WHIP 1.236 compared to 5.4 and 1.474 for Clayton Lambert. By the career numbers, Nick Carter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Nick Carter and Clayton Lambert

Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.08
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
4.01
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.59
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.62
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.74
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.97
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
5.4
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
27
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
27
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60.2
9
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.1
9
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
8.6
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
9.26
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.26
9.26
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.93
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.52
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
4.01
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.52
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.24
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.806
0.806
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
34.71
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
38.11
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.89
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.23
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
3.86
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
5.71
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.236
1.236
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.474
1.474
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
31.9
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
33.94
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.71
34.71
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.11
38.11

Fielding Stats for Nick Carter and Clayton Lambert

Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.07
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.59
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
27
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
9
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.25
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.43
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.28
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.67
96.67
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.071
2.071
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Nick Carter and Clayton Lambert

Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
14
420
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
1114.29
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
5.34
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
10.96
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.69
-20.83
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.09
-4.06
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
150
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
6
257.14
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
2.33
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA