Bob Clark vs. Rich Hill — Career Comparison

Bob Clark
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rich Hill
Gen XMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rich Hill built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Clark as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rich Hill posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.02 and WHIP 1.278 compared to 5.44 and 1.968 for Bob Clark. By the career numbers, Rich Hill had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Clark and Rich Hill

Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.81
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
2.46
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.59
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.57
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.48
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.22
54.22
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.43
64.43
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
5.44
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
633
4.02
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.13
8.13
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.402
0.402
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
27
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4254
27
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.1
9
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1418
9
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
14.38
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1240
7.87
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.38
14.38
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.87
7.87
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.12
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.33
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
551
3.5
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.13
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.75
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1432
9.09
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.09
9.09
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.15
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.51
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
39.45
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5997
38.06
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.88
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.11
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
6.31
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
4.32
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.31
6.31
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.25
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.2
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.62
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.968
1.968
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.263
1.263
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
35.77
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5295
33.61
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.417
0.417
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.45
39.45
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.06
38.06

Fielding Stats for Bob Clark and Rich Hill

Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.46
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.59
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4254
27
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1418
9
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.23
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.93
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.1
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.27
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.17
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
92
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.75
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.474
0.474
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.43
64.43
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Clark and Rich Hill

Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
16
738.46
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
389
851.82
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
600
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
600
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
256
560.58
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
63.5
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
52.55
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.95
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.95
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
12.73
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.89
8.51
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
74.45
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
74.45
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.108
0.108
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.76
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
28.47
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
37.23
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
3.51
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.73
-12.55
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.38
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.57
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
111
243.07
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.47
2.47
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
26.28
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.19
Bob Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.76
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA