Thornton Kipper vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Thornton Kipper
Silent GenerationWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational 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 Thornton 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 posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.52 and WHIP 1.202 compared to 5.27 and 1.798 for Thornton Kipper. By the career numbers, Cliff Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Thornton Kipper and Cliff Lee

Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
5
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.36
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.38
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.12
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
5.27
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
11.64
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
8.83
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.64
11.64
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.09
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
0.93
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
4.18
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.36
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
3.18
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.818
0.818
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.17
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.18
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.21
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
41.45
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.64
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
5.64
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.22
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.23
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.69
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.758
1.758
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
37.09
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8296
34.62
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.45
41.45
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Thornton Kipper and Cliff Lee

Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
9.28
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.1
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.18
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.35
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.36
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
0.78
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.54
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.21
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.54
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.13
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.77
93.77
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Thornton Kipper and Cliff Lee

Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
1833.33
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
337
629.91
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
600
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
16
533.33
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
543.93
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
95.33
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
76.64
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.08
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.69
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
7.45
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
23.32
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
123.36
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.67
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.64
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
35.51
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
65.42
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.26
-8.72
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.75
16.36
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.35
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
300
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
205.61
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
2.92
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
44.86
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Thornton Kipper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.61
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Thornton Kipper
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50