Bill Clarkson vs. Brad Lord — Career Comparison

Bill Clarkson
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Brad Lord
Gen ZFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Brad Lord built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Clarkson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brad Lord posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.34 and WHIP 1.293 compared to 5.44 and 1.866 for Bill Clarkson. By the career numbers, Brad Lord had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Clarkson and Brad Lord

Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
3.43
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
3.31
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.6
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.31
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.81
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.69
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.65
17.65
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.58
39.58
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.44
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.34
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
402
27
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
392
27
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
9
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
130.2
9
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
11.49
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
8.68
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.49
11.49
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.17
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
5.31
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.96
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
2.62
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
7.44
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.881
0.881
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.156
1.156
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
648
43.52
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
37.61
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.48
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
6.38
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
4.48
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.9
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.866
1.866
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
38.08
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
494
34.03
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.52
43.52
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Bill Clarkson and Brad Lord

Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.31
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.31
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
392
27
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130.2
9
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.62
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.76
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.38
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.38
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.45
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.824
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.417
0.417
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.58
39.58
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Clarkson and Brad Lord

Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
1096.55
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
48
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
600
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
517.24
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
10.84
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
124.14
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
1.4
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
165.52
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.63
3.63
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA