Masahide Kobayashi vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Masahide Kobayashi
Gen XJapanThrows RightBats RightAsiaCleveland GuardiansAmerican 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 Masahide Kobayashi 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 5.1 and 1.485 for Masahide Kobayashi. By the career numbers, Cliff Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Masahide Kobayashi and Cliff Lee

Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
9.23
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.55
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Masahide Kobayashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.69
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.38
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.12
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Masahide Kobayashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.83
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahide Kobayashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
5.1
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.1
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Masahide Kobayashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
10.61
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
8.83
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.61
10.61
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Masahide Kobayashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.38
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
0.93
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Masahide Kobayashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Masahide Kobayashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
2.48
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Masahide Kobayashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
5.37
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.872
0.872
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Masahide Kobayashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.69
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.17
Masahide Kobayashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.21
Masahide Kobayashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
39.81
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Masahide Kobayashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
4.96
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Masahide Kobayashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
5.37
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Masahide Kobayashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.22
Masahide Kobayashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.23
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.96
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
0.69
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
36.78
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8296
34.62
Masahide Kobayashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Masahide Kobayashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.81
39.81
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Masahide Kobayashi and Cliff Lee

Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
9.23
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.1
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.24
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.35
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.69
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.78
Masahide Kobayashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.93
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.21
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.93
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.13
Masahide Kobayashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.77
93.77
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.209
0.209
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Masahide Kobayashi and Cliff Lee

Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
67
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
629.91
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
321
600
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
543.93
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
95.33
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
76.64
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.08
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.69
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
23.32
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
123.36
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.67
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.64
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
35.51
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
65.42
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.75
16.36
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.35
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahide Kobayashi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
110
205.61
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
2.92
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
44.86
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Masahide Kobayashi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.61
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Masahide Kobayashi
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50