Clay Christiansen vs. Harry Taylor — Career Comparison

Clay Christiansen
Baby BoomersKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Harry Taylor
Greatest GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Harry Taylor 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. Harry Taylor posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.1 and WHIP 1.524 compared to 6.05 and 1.603 for Clay Christiansen. By the career numbers, Harry Taylor had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clay Christiansen and Harry Taylor

Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.59
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
2.26
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.11
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.48
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.93
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.53
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.5
47.5
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.89
48.89
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.4
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
6.05
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
4.1
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
27
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1073
27
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
9
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
357.2
9
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
11.64
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
8.66
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.64
11.64
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.93
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.63
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.79
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
201
5.06
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
6.28
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
3.2
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.28
6.28
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.009
1.009
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.917
0.917
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.28
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.25
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
41.43
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1566
39.41
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.79
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.55
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.52
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
4.63
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.52
6.52
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.603
1.603
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.524
1.524
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
37.71
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1355
34.1
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.351
0.351
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.43
41.43
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.41
39.41

Fielding Stats for Clay Christiansen and Harry Taylor

Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.59
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
27
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.2
9
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.16
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.09
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.86
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99.05
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.156
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Clay Christiansen and Harry Taylor

Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
24
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
409.09
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
600
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
563.64
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
90.91
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
68.18
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.18
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.55
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.73
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.42
20.07
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
118.18
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
104.55
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
54.55
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
59.09
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
113.64
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.56
11.65
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.55
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.09
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
26
118.18
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.08
5.08
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.73
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.09
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA