Howard Kimbo vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Howard Kimbo
Greatest GenerationVirginiaNorth AmericaPittsburgh CrawfordsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Cliff Lee
Gen XArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Howard Kimbo and Cliff Lee are fairly close on the surface numbers. Cliff Lee posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.52 vs 4) and WHIP (1.202 vs 1.444). Howard Kimbo had the advantage in home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 0.93). By the career numbers, Cliff Lee had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Howard Kimbo and Cliff Lee

Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
1.37
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
0.6
Howard Kimbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.38
Howard Kimbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.11
61.11
Howard Kimbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.78
98.78
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.12
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Kimbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Howard Kimbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Howard Kimbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
8.83
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Howard Kimbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
0.93
Howard Kimbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Howard Kimbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Howard Kimbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Howard Kimbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
0.556
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Howard Kimbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.17
Howard Kimbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.21
Howard Kimbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
39
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Howard Kimbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Howard Kimbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.22
Howard Kimbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.23
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
0.69
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
36
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8296
34.62
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Howard Kimbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
39
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Howard Kimbo and Cliff Lee

Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
1.37
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.35
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
0.78
Howard Kimbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.21
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.13
Howard Kimbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.77
93.77
Howard Kimbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.826
0.826
Howard Kimbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.78
98.78
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Kimbo and Cliff Lee

Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
629.91
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
600
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
543.93
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
95.33
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
76.64
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.08
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.69
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
23.32
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
123.36
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.67
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.64
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
35.51
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
65.42
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-60
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.75
16.36
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.35
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Kimbo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
110
205.61
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
2.92
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
44.86
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Howard Kimbo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.61
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Howard Kimbo
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50