Stan Klopp vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Stan Klopp
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational 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 Stan Klopp 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 4.27 and 1.727 for Stan Klopp. By the career numbers, Cliff Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Stan Klopp and Cliff Lee

Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
4.66
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.38
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.12
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
4.27
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.1
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
9.13
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
8.83
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.13
9.13
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
0.93
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
6.41
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.41
6.41
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
3.3
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.079
1.079
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.061
1.061
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.58
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.17
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.21
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
41.18
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.53
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
6.99
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.99
6.99
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.22
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.23
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.69
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.727
1.727
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
34.77
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8296
34.62
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.18
41.18
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Stan Klopp and Cliff Lee

Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
1.37
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6470
27
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156.2
9
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.35
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.78
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.21
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
1.13
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.77
93.77
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Stan Klopp and Cliff Lee

Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
2057.14
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
337
629.91
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
600
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
543.93
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.468
0.468
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
95.33
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
76.64
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.08
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.69
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
44.63
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.47
23.32
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
123.36
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
104.67
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.298
0.298
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
33.64
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
35.51
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
65.42
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
61.09
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.75
16.36
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.35
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
110
205.61
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
2.92
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
44.86
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Stan Klopp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.61
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Stan Klopp
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50