Travis Harper vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Travis Harper
Gen XVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cliff Lee
Gen XArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Cliff Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Travis Harper as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cliff Lee led in strikeout rate (K%+ 120 vs 88), run prevention (ERA+ 114 vs 91), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 113 vs 96). Role difference aside, Cliff Lee holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Travis Harper and Cliff Lee

Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
5.25
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.31
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.48
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Travis Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.63
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.38
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.14
43.14
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.12
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Travis Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Travis Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226
4.94
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1235
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
411.2
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Travis Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
451
9.86
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
8.83
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.86
9.86
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Travis Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
1.33
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
0.93
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Travis Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Travis Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
2.97
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.52
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
5.92
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.92
5.92
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.989
0.989
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Travis Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.37
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.17
Travis Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.57
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.21
Travis Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1806
39.48
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Travis Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.33
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Travis Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
5.42
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Travis Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.5
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.22
Travis Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.23
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.85
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
0.69
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.426
1.426
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1608
35.15
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8296
34.62
Travis Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Travis Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.48
39.48
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Travis Harper and Cliff Lee

Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
5.25
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.31
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1235
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
411.2
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.61
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.35
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.68
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.78
Travis Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.33
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.21
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
1.29
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.13
Travis Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.72
96.72
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.77
93.77
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.246
0.246
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Travis Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Travis Harper and Cliff Lee

Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
240
144000
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
337
629.91
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
600
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
543.93
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
95.33
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
76.64
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.08
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.69
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
23.32
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
123.36
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.67
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.64
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
35.51
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
65.42
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.75
16.36
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.35
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Harper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
205.61
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
2.92
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
44.86
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Travis Harper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.61
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Travis Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50