Fred Howard vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Fred Howard
Baby BoomersMaineThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican 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 Fred Howard 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 3.57 and 1.574 for Fred Howard. By the career numbers, Cliff Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Howard and Cliff Lee

Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
3.71
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.79
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Fred Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.66
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.38
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.12
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
3.57
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Fred Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
9.66
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
8.83
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.66
9.66
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Fred Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.66
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
0.93
Fred Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Fred Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Fred Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
4.24
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Fred Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
4.76
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Fred Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.17
Fred Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.21
Fred Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
39.97
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Fred Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.32
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Fred Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
4.5
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Fred Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.66
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.22
Fred Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.79
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.23
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.06
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
0.69
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
34.15
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8296
34.62
Fred Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Fred Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.97
39.97
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Fred Howard and Cliff Lee

Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
3.71
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.79
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.93
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.35
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.53
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.78
Fred Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.46
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.21
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.46
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.13
Fred Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.77
93.77
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.393
0.393
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Howard and Cliff Lee

Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
28
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
629.91
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
321
600
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
543.93
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
95.33
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
76.64
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.08
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.69
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
23.32
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
123.36
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.67
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.64
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
35.51
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
65.42
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.75
16.36
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.35
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
110
205.61
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
2.92
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
44.86
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Fred Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.61
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Fred Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50