Danny Kolb vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Danny Kolb
Gen XIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Cliff Lee
Gen XArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Cliff Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Danny Kolb 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 strikeout rate (K%+ 120 vs 78), walk avoidance (BB%+ 147 vs 107), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 113 vs 111). Danny Kolb held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 184 vs 94). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Cliff Lee.

Pitching Stats for Danny Kolb and Cliff Lee

Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
9.1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.35
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Danny Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.72
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.38
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.35
32.35
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.12
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Danny Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.29
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
4.36
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
860
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
286.2
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Danny Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
301
9.45
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
8.83
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.45
9.45
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Danny Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.63
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
0.93
Danny Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Danny Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Danny Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
4.21
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.44
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
5.56
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Danny Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.085
1.085
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.061
1.061
Danny Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.75
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.17
Danny Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.21
Danny Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1273
39.97
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Danny Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
4.62
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Danny Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
4.71
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Danny Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.28
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.22
Danny Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.31
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.23
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.41
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
0.69
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.517
1.517
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1112
34.91
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8296
34.62
Danny Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Danny Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.97
39.97
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Danny Kolb and Cliff Lee

Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
9.1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
860
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
286.2
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.28
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.35
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.13
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
0.78
Danny Kolb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.51
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.21
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.41
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.13
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.77
93.77
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.155
0.155
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Kolb and Cliff Lee

Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
290
174000
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
337
629.91
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
600
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
543.93
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
95.33
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
76.64
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.08
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.69
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
23.32
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
123.36
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.67
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.64
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
35.51
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
65.42
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.75
16.36
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.35
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Kolb
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
205.61
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
2.92
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
44.86
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Danny Kolb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.61
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Danny Kolb
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50