Jerry Johnson vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Jerry Johnson
Silent GenerationFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational 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 Jerry Johnson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cliff Lee led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 147 vs 83), run prevention (ERA+ 114 vs 80), and strikeout rate (K%+ 120 vs 88). Role difference aside, Cliff Lee holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jerry Johnson and Cliff Lee

Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jerry Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
4.26
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.46
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.56
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Jerry Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.6
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.38
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.48
48.48
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.68
10.68
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.12
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Jerry Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.48
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
369
4.31
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2312
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
770.2
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Jerry Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
779
9.1
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
8.83
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9.1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Jerry Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.74
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
0.93
Jerry Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Jerry Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Jerry Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389
4.54
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.72
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
489
5.71
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Jerry Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.139
1.139
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.061
1.061
Jerry Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.43
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.17
Jerry Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.21
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.09
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3425
40
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Jerry Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.15
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jerry Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
422
4.93
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Jerry Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.53
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.22
Jerry Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.28
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.23
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.33
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.69
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.516
1.516
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2960
34.57
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8296
34.62
Jerry Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.16
1.16
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Jerry Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Jerry Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Jerry Johnson and Cliff Lee

Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jerry Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
4.27
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.46
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2309
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
769.2
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.51
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.35
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
1.3
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
0.78
Jerry Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
1.94
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.21
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
1.81
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.13
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.37
93.37
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.77
93.77
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.68
10.68
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jerry Johnson and Cliff Lee

Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jerry Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
365
1634.33
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
337
629.91
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
134
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
600
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
122
546.27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
543.93
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.362
0.362
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
15
67.16
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
95.33
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
49.25
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
76.64
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.91
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
13.08
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
17.91
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.69
Jerry Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
11.95
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
23.32
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
19
85.07
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
123.36
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
20
89.55
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.67
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.312
0.312
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
17.91
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.64
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
17.91
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
35.51
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
35.82
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
65.42
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.07
-4.8
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.75
16.36
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.39
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.35
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
188.06
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
110
205.61
Jerry Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.19
3.19
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
2.92
2.92
Jerry Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
26.87
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
44.86
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.48
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.87
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.43
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.61
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Jerry Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50