Jim Fairbank vs. Cleon Webb — Career Comparison

Jim Fairbank
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cleon Webb
Lost GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cleon Webb built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Fairbank as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Fairbank posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.49 and WHIP 1.878 compared to 5.67 and 1.407 for Cleon Webb. By the career numbers, Jim Fairbank had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Fairbank and Cleon Webb

Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.54
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.33
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.67
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.67
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.49
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.67
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
27
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
9
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
11.41
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
9.67
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.41
11.41
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.67
9.67
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
5.49
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
3.51
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
0.556
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.66
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.44
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
42.8
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
40
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.1
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
6.15
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
5.67
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.407
1.407
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
36.88
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
36.33
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.8
42.8
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40

Fielding Stats for Jim Fairbank and Cleon Webb

Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.54
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.33
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
27
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
9
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.88
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
4.39
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.67
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.27
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
3.67
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.27
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
3
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.82
81.82
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.429
3.429
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.286
1.286
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Fairbank and Cleon Webb

Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
420
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
600
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
564.71
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
4.37
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
21.64
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.62
-22.06
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
21.95
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
2
120
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.5
8.5
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA