Clay Christiansen vs. Allen Ripley — Career Comparison

Clay Christiansen
Baby BoomersKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Allen Ripley
Baby BoomersMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Allen Ripley 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. Allen Ripley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.52 and WHIP 1.488 compared to 6.05 and 1.603 for Clay Christiansen. By the career numbers, Allen Ripley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clay Christiansen and Allen Ripley

Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.59
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
1.96
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.3
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.45
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.93
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.52
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
46
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.34
66.34
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
6.05
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
4.52
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
27
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1391
27
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
9
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463.2
9
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
11.64
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
10.11
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.64
11.64
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.11
10.11
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.93
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.89
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.79
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
2.87
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
6.28
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
4.45
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.28
6.28
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.009
1.009
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.813
0.813
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.43
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.29
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
41.43
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2012
39.05
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.79
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.29
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.52
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
4.97
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.52
6.52
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.97
4.97
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.52
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.35
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.8
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.603
1.603
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.443
1.443
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
37.71
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1804
35.02
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.351
0.351
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.311
0.311
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.43
41.43
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.05
39.05

Fielding Stats for Clay Christiansen and Allen Ripley

Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.59
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
1.96
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.3
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
27
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1391
27
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
9
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463.2
9
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.16
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.62
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.4
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.09
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.15
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.86
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.02
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.69
93.69
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.34
66.34
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clay Christiansen and Allen Ripley

Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
24
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
522.41
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
600
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
558.62
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
77.59
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
72.41
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.17
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.17
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.96
10.15
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
87.93
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
82.76
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
25.86
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
25.86
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
51.72
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.82
-4.25
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.17
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
29
150
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
36.21
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.52
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA