Johnny Kucks vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Johnny Kucks
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Cliff Lee
Gen XArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

The numbers give Cliff Lee a clear advantage over Johnny Kucks across the core pitching metrics. Cliff Lee led in strikeout rate (K%+ 120 vs 64), walk avoidance (BB%+ 147 vs 118), and run prevention (ERA+ 114 vs 89). Johnny Kucks held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 96 vs 94). Cliff Lee was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Johnny Kucks and Cliff Lee

Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
1.99
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
1.18
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.52
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.54
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.38
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.09
49.09
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.42
59.42
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.29
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.12
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
4.1
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2815
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
938.1
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
970
9.3
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
8.83
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.87
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
0.93
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
2.95
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.12
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
3.24
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.689
0.689
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.12
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.17
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.37
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.21
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4030
38.65
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.37
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
493
4.73
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.22
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.23
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.69
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.362
1.362
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3683
35.33
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8296
34.62
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.65
38.65
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Johnny Kucks and Cliff Lee

Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
1.99
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
1.18
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2813
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
937.2
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.43
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.35
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
1.86
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
0.78
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.13
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
2.43
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.21
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
2.29
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.13
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.47
94.47
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.77
93.77
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.826
0.826
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.42
59.42
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.16
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Johnny Kucks and Cliff Lee

Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
207
363.16
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
629.91
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
342
600
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
321
600
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
291
510.53
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
543.93
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
32
56.14
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
95.33
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
27
47.37
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
76.64
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.77
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.08
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.77
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.69
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
6.32
11.08
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
23.32
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
37
64.91
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
123.36
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
52
91.23
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.67
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
36.84
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
18
33.64
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
6
10.53
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
35.51
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
27
47.37
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
65.42
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.71
-1.25
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.75
16.36
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.75
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
33.33
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.35
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
166.67
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
110
205.61
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.6
3.6
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
2.92
2.92
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
54.39
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
24
44.86
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Johnny Kucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.51
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.61
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Johnny Kucks
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50