Clay Hensley vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Clay Hensley
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational 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 Clay Hensley 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 walk avoidance (BB%+ 147 vs 80), strikeout rate (K%+ 120 vs 77), and run prevention (ERA+ 114 vs 82). Clay Hensley held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 126 vs 94). Role difference aside, Cliff Lee holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Clay Hensley and Cliff Lee

Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
4.72
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.85
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.49
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.59
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.38
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.16
45.16
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.08
18.08
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.12
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
230
4
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1551
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
517
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
471
8.2
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2116
8.83
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.68
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
0.93
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
4.16
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.37
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
371
6.46
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.46
6.46
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.061
1.061
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.17
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.28
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.21
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2225
38.73
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.04
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
4.39
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.4
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.22
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.24
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.23
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.99
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
0.69
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.373
1.373
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1933
33.65
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8296
34.62
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.73
38.73
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Clay Hensley and Cliff Lee

Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
4.72
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.85
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1551
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
517
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.57
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.35
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.38
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
0.78
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.04
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.21
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.95
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.13
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.73
95.73
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.77
93.77
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.413
0.413
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.08
18.08
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clay Hensley and Cliff Lee

Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
273
1621.78
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
337
629.91
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
101
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
600
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
87
516.83
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
543.93
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.345
0.345
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
47.52
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
95.33
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
6
35.64
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
76.64
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.88
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.08
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.88
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.69
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
1.53
9.09
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
23.32
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
10
59.41
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
123.36
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
12
71.29
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.67
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.88
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.64
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
23.76
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
35.51
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
6
35.64
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
65.42
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.73
-10.28
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.75
16.36
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.76
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.35
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
273.27
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
205.61
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
2.2
2.2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
2.92
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
59.41
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
44.86
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.61
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.94
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.74
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.94
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50