Eric Erickson vs. Clayton Lambert — Career Comparison

Eric Erickson
Lost GenerationSwedenThrows RightBats RightEuropeWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Clayton Lambert
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Eric Erickson built a career as a starting pitcher and Clayton Lambert as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Eric Erickson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.85 and WHIP 1.440 compared to 5.4 and 1.474 for Clayton Lambert. By the career numbers, Eric Erickson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eric Erickson and Clayton Lambert

Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
1.59
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
4.01
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.02
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.62
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.37
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.62
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.36
37.36
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.14
64.14
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.46
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
3.85
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
5.4
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2466
27
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
27
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
822
9
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.1
9
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
805
8.81
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
9.26
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.26
9.26
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.41
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.93
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
379
4.15
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
4.01
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
367
4.02
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
3.24
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.908
0.908
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.806
0.806
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.2
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.38
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3542
38.78
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
247
38.11
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.36
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.23
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
5.01
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
5.71
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.01
5.01
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.474
1.474
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3128
34.25
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
33.94
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.78
38.78
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.11
38.11

Fielding Stats for Eric Erickson and Clayton Lambert

Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.48
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.11
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Eric Erickson and Clayton Lambert

Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
145
281.55
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
1114.29
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
309
600
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
541.75
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
600
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
97.09
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
79.61
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
15.53
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.94
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.48
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.71
26.63
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
10.96
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
118.45
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
122.33
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.434
0.434
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.07
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
40.78
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
69.9
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.36
24.01
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.09
-4.06
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.24
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
92
178.64
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
257.14
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
2.33
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
33.01
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA