Josh Kinney vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Josh Kinney
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational 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 Josh Kinney 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 4.73 and 1.412 for Josh Kinney. By the career numbers, Cliff Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Josh Kinney and Cliff Lee

Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
8.63
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Josh Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.38
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.12
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Josh Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
4.73
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Josh Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
291
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Josh Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
8.35
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2116
8.83
Josh Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Josh Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.84
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
0.93
Josh Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Josh Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Josh Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
3.9
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Josh Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.46
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
8.72
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1824
7.61
Josh Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.72
8.72
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.61
7.61
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Josh Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.061
1.061
Josh Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.28
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.17
Josh Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.74
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.21
Josh Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
39.15
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Josh Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.23
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Josh Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
4.73
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Josh Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.22
Josh Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.23
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.65
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.69
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
368
34.14
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8296
34.62
Josh Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Josh Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.15
39.15
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Josh Kinney and Cliff Lee

Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
8.63
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
291
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.84
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.35
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.21
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
0.78
Josh Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.13
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.21
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.04
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.13
Josh Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.77
93.77
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
0.237
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Josh Kinney and Cliff Lee

Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
93
55800
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
337
629.91
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
600
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
543.93
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
95.33
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
76.64
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.08
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.69
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
23.32
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
123.36
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.67
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.64
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
35.51
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
65.42
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.75
16.36
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.35
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Kinney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
205.61
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
2.92
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
44.86
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Josh Kinney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.61
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Josh Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50