Lefty Clarke vs. Joe McClain — Career Comparison

Lefty Clarke
Lost GenerationMarylandThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe McClain
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Lefty Clarke and Joe McClain are fairly close on the surface numbers. Joe McClain posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.42 vs 5.4) and WHIP (1.360 vs 1.800). Lefty Clarke had the advantage in home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 1.14). By the career numbers, Joe McClain had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Lefty Clarke and Joe McClain

Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1.64
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
1.26
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.31
Lefty Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.84
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.67
26.67
Lefty Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.74
76.74
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.27
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Lefty Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.4
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
4.42
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Lefty Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
708
27
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
9
Lefty Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
12.6
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
9.69
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.6
12.6
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.69
9.69
Lefty Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.14
Lefty Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Lefty Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Lefty Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.6
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
2.25
Lefty Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.31
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
3.13
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Lefty Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.598
0.598
Lefty Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Lefty Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
45
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1010
38.52
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Lefty Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
12.6
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
4.96
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.6
12.6
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.96
4.96
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.326
1.326
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
41.4
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
945
36.04
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Lefty Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.52
38.52

Fielding Stats for Lefty Clarke and Joe McClain

Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.64
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.26
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
27
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
9
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.61
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.11
Lefty Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.75
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.72
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.83
97.83
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.047
1.047
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.74
76.74
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lefty Clarke and Joe McClain

Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
326.58
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
600
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
569.62
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
113.92
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
83.54
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
30.38
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
30.38
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.92
29.77
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
144.3
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
121.52
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
30.38
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
30.38
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
60.76
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.69
28.02
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.59
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
121.52
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.94
4.94
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.19
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.59
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA