Harry Jordan vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Harry Jordan
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational 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 Harry 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 4.15 and 1.615 for Harry 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 Harry Jordan and Cliff Lee

Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.04
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
1.37
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.04
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.69
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.38
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.78
98.78
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.04
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.12
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
4.15
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
11.77
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
8.83
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.77
11.77
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
0.93
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
2.77
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.73
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.73
1.73
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.69
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.17
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.69
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.21
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
41.19
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
7.62
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.62
7.62
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.22
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.23
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.69
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.615
1.615
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
37.73
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8296
34.62
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.33
7.33
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.19
41.19
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Harry Jordan and Cliff Lee

Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.04
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
1.37
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.04
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.35
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.69
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.78
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.08
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.21
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.73
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.13
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.77
93.77
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.667
1.667
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.826
0.826
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Jordan and Cliff Lee

Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
163.64
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
629.91
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
600
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
545.45
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
543.93
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.468
0.468
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
95.33
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
76.64
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.08
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.69
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
31
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.47
23.32
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
109.09
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
123.36
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
104.67
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.473
0.473
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.298
0.298
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.64
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
35.51
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
65.42
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
37.8
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.75
16.36
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.35
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
110
205.61
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.67
3.67
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
2.92
2.92
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
44.86
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.61
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50