Charlie Jordan vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Charlie Jordan
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational 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 Charlie Jordan 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 7.71 and 2.357 for Charlie Jordan. By the career numbers, Cliff Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Charlie Jordan and Cliff Lee

Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.38
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.12
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.32
9.32
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.409
0.409
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
17.36
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
8.83
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.36
17.36
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
0.93
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.86
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
5.79
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.071
1.071
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.061
1.061
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.17
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.21
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
46.29
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.22
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.23
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.69
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.357
2.357
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
42.43
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8296
34.62
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.474
0.474
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.29
46.29
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Charlie Jordan and Cliff Lee

Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.35
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
0.78
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.21
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.13
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.77
93.77
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Charlie Jordan and Cliff Lee

Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
629.91
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
600
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
543.93
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.468
0.468
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
95.33
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
76.64
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.08
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.69
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.47
23.32
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
123.36
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
104.67
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.298
0.298
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
33.64
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
35.51
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
65.42
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.75
16.36
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.35
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
110
205.61
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
2.92
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
44.86
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Charlie Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.61
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Charlie Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50