Bob Johnson vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Bob Johnson
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cliff Lee
Gen XArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

The numbers give Cliff Lee a clear advantage over Bob Johnson across the core pitching metrics. Cliff Lee led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 147 vs 96), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 113 vs 100), and home run suppression (HR9+ 94 vs 88). Bob Johnson held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 121 vs 120). Cliff Lee was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Bob Johnson and Cliff Lee

Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
2.38
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.99
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.36
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Bob Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.44
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.38
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.16
45.16
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.53
41.53
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.23
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.12
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Bob Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.16
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
3.48
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
843
3.52
Bob Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Bob Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2077
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
692.1
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Bob Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
644
8.37
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2116
8.83
Bob Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.37
8.37
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Bob Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
1.07
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
0.93
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Bob Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bob Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
3.5
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
507
6.59
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Bob Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.121
1.121
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.061
1.061
Bob Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.23
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.17
Bob Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.42
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.21
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2948
38.32
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Bob Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.4
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bob Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
3.85
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
923
3.85
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Bob Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.48
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.22
Bob Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.29
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.23
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.16
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.69
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.319
1.319
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2588
33.64
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8296
34.62
Bob Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.62
1.62
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Bob Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Bob Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.32
38.32
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Bob Johnson and Cliff Lee

Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
2.38
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.99
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2079
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
693
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.48
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.35
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.82
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
0.78
Bob Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.36
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.21
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.3
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.13
Bob Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.24
95.24
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.77
93.77
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.546
0.546
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.53
41.53
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Johnson and Cliff Lee

Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
183
587.17
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
629.91
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
187
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
600
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
157
503.74
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
543.93
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.374
0.374
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
15
48.13
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
95.33
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
41.71
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
76.64
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.42
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.08
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.42
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.69
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.92
9.36
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
23.32
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
17
54.55
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
123.36
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
31
99.47
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.67
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
25.67
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.64
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
25.67
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
35.51
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
16
51.34
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
65.42
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.59
-5.11
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.75
16.36
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
51.34
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.35
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
298.4
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
205.61
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.01
2.01
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
2.92
Bob Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
44.92
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
44.86
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.63
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.61
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Bob Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50