Bobby Hogue vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Bobby Hogue
Greatest GenerationFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational 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 Bobby Hogue as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cliff Lee posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.52 and WHIP 1.202 compared to 3.97 and 1.463 for Bobby Hogue. By the career numbers, Cliff Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bobby Hogue and Cliff Lee

Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
4.74
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.5
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.44
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.38
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.94
52.94
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.12
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.47
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
3.97
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
980
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
326.2
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
9.26
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
8.83
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.26
9.26
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.69
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
0.93
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
3.91
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
2.98
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.765
0.765
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.17
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.25
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.21
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1418
39.07
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.15
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154
4.24
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.22
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.23
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.69
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.463
1.463
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1267
34.91
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8296
34.62
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.07
39.07
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Bobby Hogue and Cliff Lee

Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
1.37
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6470
27
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156.2
9
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.35
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.78
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.21
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
1.13
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.25
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.77
93.77
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.448
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bobby Hogue and Cliff Lee

Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
172
1172.73
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
337
629.91
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
88
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
600
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
73
497.73
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
543.93
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.602
0.602
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.468
0.468
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
115.91
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
95.33
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
102.27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
76.64
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.64
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
13.08
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.64
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.69
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.21
35.53
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.47
23.32
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
129.55
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
123.36
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
143.18
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
104.67
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.411
0.411
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.298
0.298
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
54.55
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
33.64
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
40.91
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
35.51
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
95.45
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
65.42
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
43.98
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.75
16.36
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
27.27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.35
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
95.45
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
110
205.61
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.29
6.29
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
2.92
2.92
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
75
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
44.86
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Bobby Hogue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.61
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Bobby Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50