Clarence Currie vs. Cleon Webb — Career Comparison

Clarence Currie
Pre-GenerationalCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cleon Webb
Lost GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cleon Webb built a career as a starting pitcher and Clarence Currie as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clarence Currie posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.39 and WHIP 1.363 compared to 5.67 and 1.407 for Cleon Webb. By the career numbers, Clarence Currie had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clarence Currie and Cleon Webb

Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.28
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.33
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.92
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.36
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.67
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.56
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.47
39.47
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.7
71.7
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.75
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.39
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.67
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1114
27
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371.1
9
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
9.33
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
9.67
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.33
9.33
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.67
9.67
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
2.93
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
3
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.69
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.625
0.625
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
0.556
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.51
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1567
37.98
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
40
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.29
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.67
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
5.07
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.67
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.363
1.363
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.407
1.407
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1425
34.54
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
36.33
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.98
37.98
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40

Fielding Stats for Clarence Currie and Cleon Webb

Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.29
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.33
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.41
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
3.35
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.67
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.29
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
4.05
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
3.67
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.76
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
3
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.81
92.81
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.82
81.82
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.925
2.925
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.286
1.286
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clarence Currie and Cleon Webb

Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
235.71
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
420
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
140
600
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
552.86
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.424
0.424
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
85.71
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
72.86
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.57
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.86
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.12
21.95
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
21.64
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
102.86
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
115.71
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
21.43
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
38.57
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
60
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.78
16.18
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
21.95
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.71
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
42
180
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
3.33
3.33
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.14
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA