Jim Hardin vs. Clayton Lambert — Career Comparison

Jim Hardin
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Clayton Lambert
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Hardin 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. Jim Hardin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.18 and WHIP 1.219 compared to 5.4 and 1.474 for Clayton Lambert. By the career numbers, Jim Hardin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Hardin and Clayton Lambert

Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
1.96
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
4.01
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.2
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.62
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.51
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.38
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.33
57.33
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.98
60.98
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.34
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.18
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
5.4
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2255
27
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
27
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751.2
9
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.1
9
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
691
8.27
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
9.26
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.27
8.27
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.26
9.26
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.84
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.93
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
2.42
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
4.01
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.28
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
4.89
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
3.24
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.812
0.812
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.806
0.806
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.28
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.28
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3096
37.07
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
38.11
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.22
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.23
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
3.62
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
5.71
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.17
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.188
1.188
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.474
1.474
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2849
34.11
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
33.94
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.84
1.84
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.07
37.07
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.11
38.11

Fielding Stats for Jim Hardin and Clayton Lambert

Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.96
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.2
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2255
27
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
751.2
9
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.72
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.02
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.77
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.74
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.97
97.97
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.884
0.884
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.98
60.98
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Hardin and Clayton Lambert

Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
164
367.16
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
1114.29
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
268
600
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
234
523.88
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
600
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.388
0.388
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
53.73
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
38.06
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.24
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.72
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.72
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
15.67
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.83
17.53
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
10.96
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
89.55
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
80.6
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.108
0.108
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
35.82
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
38.06
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
67.16
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.07
-0.16
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.09
-4.06
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
26.87
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
219.4
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
257.14
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.73
2.73
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
2.33
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
47.01
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.24
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.24
Clayton Lambert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
Clayton Lambert
Career
Per 600 PA