Rickey Clark vs. Jeff Tam — Career Comparison

Rickey Clark
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jeff Tam
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rickey Clark built a career as a starting pitcher and Jeff Tam as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jeff Tam led in home run suppression (HR9+ 247 vs 87), walk avoidance (BB%+ 118 vs 77), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 114 vs 83). Rickey Clark held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 77 vs 67). Role difference aside, Jeff Tam holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Rickey Clark and Jeff Tam

Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
2
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
8.33
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.46
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.4
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.23
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.67
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.46
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.25
37.25
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.92
72.92
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.23
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.38
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
3.91
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1295
27
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
814
27
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
431.2
9
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
271.1
9
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
7.74
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
9.59
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.74
7.74
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.59
9.59
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.77
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.6
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
4.44
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
3.25
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.13
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.03
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
4.92
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
4.84
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.899
0.899
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.75
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.27
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.23
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.3
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1858
38.74
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1170
38.81
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.19
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.29
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
4.17
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
4.31
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.23
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.36
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.19
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.33
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.46
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.353
1.353
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.426
1.426
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1614
33.65
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
34.56
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.74
38.74
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Rickey Clark and Jeff Tam

Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
2
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
8.33
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.46
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1296
27
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
814
27
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
432
9
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
271.1
9
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.63
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.8
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.6
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.53
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.25
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
2.48
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
2.39
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
2.23
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
2.32
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.92
89.92
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.22
97.22
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.115
1.115
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.92
72.92
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.27
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rickey Clark and Jeff Tam

Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
97
409.86
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
75300
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
142
600
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
126
532.39
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
54.93
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
54.93
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.28
5.42
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
212.28
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
54.93
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
63.38
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.68
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
12.68
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.56
-15.04
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
203.37
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.45
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
55
232.39
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.58
2.58
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 600 PA
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 600 PA
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
59.15
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.23
Jeff Tam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Jeff Tam
Career
Per 600 PA