Tim Keefe vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Tim Keefe
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief Pitcher
Cliff Lee
Gen XArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Cliff Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Tim Keefe as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tim Keefe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.63 and WHIP 1.123 compared to 3.52 and 1.202 for Cliff Lee. By the career numbers, Tim Keefe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tim Keefe and Cliff Lee

Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
600
1.07
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
1.37
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
594
1.06
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
0.61
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
0.6
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
0.4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.38
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.32
60.32
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
99
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.78
98.78
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
554
0.99
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.12
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.07
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1474
2.63
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
843
3.52
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15149
27
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5049.2
9
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4438
7.91
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2116
8.83
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.13
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
0.93
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1233
2.2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2564
4.57
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.752
0.752
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
0.43
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.17
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.17
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.21
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20941
37.32
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.01
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2470
4.4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.22
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.23
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.69
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.196
1.196
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19610
34.95
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8296
34.62
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.32
37.32
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Tim Keefe and Cliff Lee

Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
625
1.07
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
1.37
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15813
27
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5271
9
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
0.51
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.35
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1079
1.84
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
0.78
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
0.3
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1550
2.65
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.21
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1376
2.35
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
1.13
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.77
88.77
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.77
93.77
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.202
2.202
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.826
0.826
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.05
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tim Keefe and Cliff Lee

Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
163.93
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
337
629.91
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2262
600
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
321
600
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2083
552.52
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
291
543.93
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.468
0.468
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
390
103.45
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
51
95.33
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
280
74.27
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
76.64
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
15.92
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
7
13.08
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
10.08
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.87
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
3.18
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
29.18
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
10
18.69
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157.93
41.89
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
12.47
23.32
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
562
149.07
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
66
123.36
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
569
150.93
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
56
104.67
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.052
0.052
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.445
0.445
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.298
0.298
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
65.78
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
18
33.64
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134
35.54
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
19
35.51
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
370
98.14
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
35
65.42
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155.79
41.32
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
8.75
16.36
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.06
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
46.42
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.35
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
411
109.02
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
205.61
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.5
5.5
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
2.92
2.92
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
44.86
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.61
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
3.45
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Tim Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
3.45
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Tim Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50