Joe Houser vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Joe Houser
Lost GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBuffalo BluesFederal LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cliff Lee
Gen XArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Joe Houser and Cliff Lee are fairly close on the surface numbers. Cliff Lee posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.52 vs 5.48) and WHIP (1.202 vs 1.783). Joe Houser had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.39 per nine innings vs 0.93). By the career numbers, Cliff Lee had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Joe Houser and Cliff Lee

Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.38
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.12
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.48
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
8.22
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2116
8.83
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
0.93
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
7.83
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.35
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.061
1.061
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.17
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.21
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8917
37.21
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
6.26
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.26
6.26
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.22
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.23
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.69
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.783
1.783
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8296
34.62
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Joe Houser and Cliff Lee

Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
1.37
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6470
27
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156.2
9
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.35
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.78
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.21
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
1.13
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.77
93.77
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.5
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Houser and Cliff Lee

Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
685.71
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
337
629.91
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
600
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
543.93
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
95.33
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
76.64
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.08
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.69
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
10.96
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
23.32
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
123.36
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.67
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
33.64
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
35.51
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
65.42
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-1.16
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.75
16.36
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.35
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
110
205.61
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
2.92
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
44.86
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.61
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50