Pat House vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Pat House
Silent GenerationIdahoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican 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 Pat House 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 7.08 and 1.623 for Pat House. By the career numbers, Cliff Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pat House and Cliff Lee

Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
10.62
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.89
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
0.6
Pat House
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.38
Pat House
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.11
61.11
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.12
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Pat House
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat House
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
7.08
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.08
7.08
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Pat House
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
10.62
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
8.83
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.62
10.62
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Pat House
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
0.93
Pat House
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Pat House
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Pat House
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
2.66
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Pat House
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.33
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3.54
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.689
0.689
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Pat House
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.17
Pat House
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.33
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.21
Pat House
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
39.84
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Pat House
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.87
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Pat House
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
7.52
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.52
7.52
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Pat House
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.22
Pat House
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.23
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.69
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.475
1.475
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
35.85
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8296
34.62
Pat House
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Pat House
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.84
39.84
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Pat House and Cliff Lee

Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
10.62
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.89
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.35
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.77
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
0.78
Pat House
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.66
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.21
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.66
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.13
Pat House
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.77
93.77
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat House
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pat House and Cliff Lee

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