Sherman Jones vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Sherman Jones
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational 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 Sherman Jones 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 4.73 and 1.577 for Sherman Jones. By the career numbers, Cliff Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sherman Jones and Cliff Lee

Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.92
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.41
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.49
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.38
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.42
10.42
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.12
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.73
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
110.1
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
9.71
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
8.83
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.71
9.71
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.98
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
0.93
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.75
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.73
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
4.32
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.897
0.897
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.49
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.17
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.41
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.21
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
40.13
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.47
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
5.79
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.22
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.23
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.69
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.496
1.496
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
35.97
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8296
34.62
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.48
1.48
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.13
40.13
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Sherman Jones and Cliff Lee

Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.92
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.41
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
110.1
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.65
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.35
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.39
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
0.78
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.12
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.21
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.04
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.13
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.15
96.15
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.77
93.77
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.521
0.521
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.42
10.42
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sherman Jones and Cliff Lee

Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
1107.69
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
337
629.91
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
600
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
543.93
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.596
0.596
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.468
0.468
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
95.33
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
76.64
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.08
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.69
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.74
40.15
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.47
23.32
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
123.36
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
104.67
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.298
0.298
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.64
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
35.51
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
65.42
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.33
53.8
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.75
16.36
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.35
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
110
205.61
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.71
3.71
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
2.92
2.92
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
44.86
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.61
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50