Bill Kissinger vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Bill Kissinger
Pre-GenerationalKentuckyThrows 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 Bill Kissinger 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 6.99 and 1.951 for Bill Kissinger. By the career numbers, Cliff Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Kissinger and Cliff Lee

Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.49
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.7
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.38
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.88
21.88
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.38
60.38
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.65
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.12
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
6.99
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.99
6.99
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.32
7.32
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
958
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
319.1
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
500
14.09
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
8.83
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.09
14.09
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.42
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
0.93
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
3.47
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.72
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.576
0.576
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.17
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.68
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.21
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1568
44.19
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
342
9.64
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.64
9.64
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.22
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.23
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.69
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.951
1.951
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1421
40.05
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8296
34.62
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.361
0.361
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.19
44.19
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Bill Kissinger and Cliff Lee

Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.44
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1365
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.75
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.35
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.98
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
0.78
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.38
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
3.11
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.21
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
2.73
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.13
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.9
87.9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.77
93.77
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.826
0.826
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Kissinger and Cliff Lee

Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
72
196.36
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
629.91
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
220
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
600
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
214
583.64
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
543.93
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.669
0.669
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.468
0.468
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
163.64
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
51
95.33
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
120
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
41
76.64
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
35.45
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
7
13.08
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.18
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.87
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
43.64
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
10
18.69
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.13
60.35
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
12.47
23.32
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
215.45
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
66
123.36
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
171.82
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
56
104.67
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.369
0.369
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
0.66
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.052
0.052
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.539
0.539
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.298
0.298
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
65.45
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
18
33.64
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
70.91
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
19
35.51
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
136.36
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
35
65.42
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.28
68.93
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
8.75
16.36
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.18
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.35
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
57.27
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
110
205.61
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.48
10.48
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
2.92
2.92
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.18
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
44.86
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.61
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.73
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.73
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50