Clay Christiansen vs. Cliff Fannin — Career Comparison

Clay Christiansen
Baby BoomersKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cliff Fannin
Greatest GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cliff Fannin built a career as a starting pitcher and Clay Christiansen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cliff Fannin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.85 and WHIP 1.577 compared to 6.05 and 1.603 for Clay Christiansen. By the career numbers, Cliff Fannin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clay Christiansen and Cliff Fannin

Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.59
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
2.01
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.2
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.42
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.93
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.63
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.76
59.76
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.34
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
6.05
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
4.85
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
27
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2199
27
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
9
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
733
9
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
11.64
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
763
9.37
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.64
11.64
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.37
9.37
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.93
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.88
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.79
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
4.83
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
6.28
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
4.32
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.28
6.28
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.009
1.009
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.016
1.016
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.15
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
41.43
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3282
40.3
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.79
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.48
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.52
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
5.46
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.52
6.52
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.46
5.46
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.603
1.603
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.577
1.577
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
37.71
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2886
35.44
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.351
0.351
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.43
41.43
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.3
40.3

Fielding Stats for Clay Christiansen and Cliff Fannin

Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.59
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
27
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.2
9
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.16
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.09
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.86
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.52
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.781
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Clay Christiansen and Cliff Fannin

Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
24
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
439.85
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
266
600
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
237
534.59
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
92.48
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
85.71
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.77
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.77
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.59
19.37
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
99.25
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
133.08
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
67.67
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
31.58
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
99.25
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.19
18.46
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.26
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
38.35
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 600 PA
36
81.2
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.39
7.39
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Fannin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
24.81
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 600 PA
8
18.05
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Fannin
Career
Per 600 PA