Brian Keyser vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Brian Keyser
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican 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 Brian Keyser as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cliff Lee led in strikeout rate (K%+ 120 vs 56), run prevention (ERA+ 114 vs 97), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 147 vs 132). Brian Keyser held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 187 vs 94). Role difference aside, Cliff Lee holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Brian Keyser and Cliff Lee

Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
3.02
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.47
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.38
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.61
19.61
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.12
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
4.97
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
11.37
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
8.83
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.37
11.37
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.77
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
0.93
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
3.26
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.53
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
3.97
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.803
0.803
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.17
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.21
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
679
40.2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.59
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
5.21
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.22
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.23
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.18
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
0.69
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.625
1.625
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
611
36.18
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8296
34.62
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.337
0.337
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.2
40.2
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Brian Keyser and Cliff Lee

Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
3.02
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.89
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.35
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.95
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
0.78
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.96
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.21
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.84
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.13
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.77
93.77
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.941
0.941
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.826
0.826
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.61
19.61
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Keyser and Cliff Lee

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