Cal Cooper vs. Clay Kirby — Career Comparison

Cal Cooper
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Clay Kirby
Baby BoomersDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Clay Kirby built a career as a starting pitcher and Cal Cooper as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clay Kirby posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.421 compared to 45 and 6.000 for Cal Cooper. By the career numbers, Clay Kirby had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cal Cooper and Clay Kirby

Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
1.52
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
1.39
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.44
Cal Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.6
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.9
41.9
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.57
91.57
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.24
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
45
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
660
3.84
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
45
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.97
50.97
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
19
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4644
27
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1548
9
Cal Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
45
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1430
8.31
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
45
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Cal Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.91
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Cal Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
4.15
Cal Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.33
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1061
6.17
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.146
1.146
Cal Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.48
Cal Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.17
Cal Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
81
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6682
38.85
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Cal Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
45
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
4.39
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
45
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Cal Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.39
Cal Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.22
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.24
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.384
1.384
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
72
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5835
33.92
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.571
0.571
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Cal Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
81
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Cal Cooper and Clay Kirby

Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.52
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
1.39
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4645
27
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1548.1
9
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.46
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
1
Cal Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.17
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
1.63
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
1.46
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.64
89.64
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.962
0.962
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.57
91.57
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.07
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cal Cooper and Clay Kirby

Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
285.97
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
556
600
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
478
515.83
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
50.72
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
45.32
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.4
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.4
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.73
8.34
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
56.12
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
86.33
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
23.74
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
16.19
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
39.93
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-7.3
-7.87
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.08
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
34.53
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
217
234.17
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.56
2.56
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
48.56
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.47
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA