Bill Lee vs. Art Mahaffey — Career Comparison

Bill Lee
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Art Mahaffey
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Bill Lee a clear advantage over Art Mahaffey across the core pitching metrics. Bill Lee led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 150 vs 94), run prevention (ERA+ 101 vs 90), and home run suppression (HR9+ 84 vs 79). Art Mahaffey held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 102 vs 51). Bill Lee was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Bill Lee and Art Mahaffey

Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
1.93
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
1.67
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
1.04
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.33
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.55
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.53
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.42
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.58
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.94
56.94
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.97
47.97
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.09
54.09
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.33
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.41
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.09
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
783
3.62
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463
4.17
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5833
27
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2997
27
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1944.1
9
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
999
9
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2122
9.82
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
959
8.64
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.64
8.64
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.81
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
1.13
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
531
2.46
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
368
3.32
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.12
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.21
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
713
3.3
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
639
5.76
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.76
5.76
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.71
1.71
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.11
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.33
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.12
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.35
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8271
38.29
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4252
38.31
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.32
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
885
4.1
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
507
4.57
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.38
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.21
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
0.92
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.365
1.365
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.328
1.328
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7585
35.11
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3845
34.64
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.29
38.29
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.31
38.31

Fielding Stats for Bill Lee and Art Mahaffey

Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
1.93
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
1.67
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
1.04
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.33
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5832
27
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2997
27
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1944
9
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
999
9
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.38
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.5
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
1.92
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.05
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.13
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
2.44
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.59
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
2.31
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
1.55
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.68
94.68
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.18
97.18
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.197
1.197
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.09
54.09
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.11
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Lee and Art Mahaffey

Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
419
1208.65
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
186
310
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
600
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
360
600
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
197
568.27
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
313
521.67
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.428
0.428
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
118.27
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
70
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
100.96
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
31
51.67
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.65
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
11.67
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.88
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.67
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.77
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
5
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
6
17.31
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
18.33
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.99
31.71
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
10.34
17.23
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
150
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
100
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
121.15
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
86.67
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.476
0.476
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
34.62
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
28.33
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
10
28.85
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
31.67
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
57.69
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
55
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.76
31.02
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
1.87
3.12
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.33
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.88
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
13.33
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
181.73
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
109
181.67
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3.3
3.3
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
3.3
3.3
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
10
28.85
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
60
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.67
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.88
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
7
11.67
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA