Jack Jones vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Jack Jones
Pre-GenerationalConnecticutThrows RightNorth AmericaDetroit WolverinesNational 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 Jack Jones as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Jones posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.14 and WHIP 1.180 compared to 3.52 and 1.202 for Cliff Lee. By the career numbers, Jack Jones had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Jones and Cliff Lee

Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.08
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
1.37
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.08
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.63
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
0.6
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.4
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.38
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.11
61.11
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.11
61.11
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.78
98.78
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.91
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.12
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
3.14
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
843
3.52
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
473
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
157.2
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
9.19
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
8.83
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.19
9.19
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
0.93
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.43
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
464
1.94
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.94
1.94
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
3.48
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.546
0.546
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.4
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.17
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.21
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
38.93
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
5.77
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.77
5.77
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.22
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.23
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.69
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.196
1.196
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
657
37.5
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8296
34.62
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.93
38.93
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Jack Jones and Cliff Lee

Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.21
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
1.37
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
489
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.35
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.38
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
0.78
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.28
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.77
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.21
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.49
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.13
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.38
84.38
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.77
93.77
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.227
1.227
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.826
0.826
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Jones and Cliff Lee

Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
19
165.22
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
629.91
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
600
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
67
582.61
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
543.93
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.478
0.478
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.468
0.468
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
95.33
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
104.35
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
76.64
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
13.08
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.39
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.69
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.64
31.67
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.47
23.32
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
139.13
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
123.36
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
139.13
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
104.67
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.298
0.298
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
52.17
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
33.64
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
4
34.78
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
35.51
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
65.42
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.85
33.47
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.75
16.36
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.35
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
95.65
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
110
205.61
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.27
6.27
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
2.92
2.92
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
44.86
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Jack Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.61
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Jack Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50