Bob Kipper vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Bob Kipper
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows LeftBats RightNorth 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 Bob Kipper 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 walk avoidance (BB%+ 147 vs 107), home run suppression (HR9+ 94 vs 57), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 113 vs 80). Role difference aside, Cliff Lee holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Bob Kipper and Cliff Lee

Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
4.34
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.72
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Bob Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.59
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.38
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.19
42.19
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.61
16.61
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.12
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Bob Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.18
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
4.34
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Bob Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1686
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
562
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Bob Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
527
8.44
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2116
8.83
Bob Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.44
8.44
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Bob Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
1.3
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
0.93
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Bob Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bob Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
3.48
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.38
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
369
5.91
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.043
1.043
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Bob Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.26
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.17
Bob Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.21
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2406
38.53
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Bob Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.1
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bob Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
301
4.82
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Bob Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.37
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.22
Bob Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.32
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.23
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.37
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.69
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
1.324
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2134
34.17
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8296
34.62
Bob Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Bob Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Bob Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.53
38.53
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Bob Kipper and Cliff Lee

Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
4.34
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.72
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1686
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
562
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.35
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.31
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
0.78
Bob Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.7
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.21
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.6
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.13
Bob Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.34
94.34
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.77
93.77
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.369
0.369
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.61
16.61
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Kipper and Cliff Lee

Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
274
1508.26
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
337
629.91
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
109
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
600
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
95
522.94
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
543.93
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
13
71.56
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
95.33
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
11
60.55
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
76.64
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.01
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.08
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.01
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.69
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
2.13
11.7
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
23.32
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
15
82.57
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
123.36
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
16
88.07
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.67
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
6
33.03
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.64
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.01
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
35.51
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
8
44.04
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
65.42
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.04
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.75
16.36
Bob Kipper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.5
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.01
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.35
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kipper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
165.14
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
110
205.61
Bob Kipper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.63
3.63
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
2.92
2.92
Bob Kipper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
60.55
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
44.86
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Bob Kipper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
11.01
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.61
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Bob Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50