Cliff Lee vs. Mark Thurmond — Career Comparison

Cliff Lee
Gen XArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Mark Thurmond
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Cliff Lee a clear advantage over Mark Thurmond across the core pitching metrics. Cliff Lee led in strikeout rate (K%+ 120 vs 64), walk avoidance (BB%+ 147 vs 112), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 113 vs 94). Mark Thurmond held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 112 vs 94). Cliff Lee was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Cliff Lee and Mark Thurmond

Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
3.37
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
1.04
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.43
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.38
Mark Thurmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.49
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.51
46.51
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.89
30.89
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.12
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Thurmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.23
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Mark Thurmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
3.69
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
2513
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
837.2
9
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
8.83
Mark Thurmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
890
9.56
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
0.93
Mark Thurmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.74
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Mark Thurmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Mark Thurmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Mark Thurmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
262
2.81
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
320
3.44
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.695
0.695
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.17
Mark Thurmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.21
Mark Thurmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3560
38.25
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Mark Thurmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.84
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Mark Thurmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
395
4.24
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.22
Mark Thurmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.54
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.23
Mark Thurmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.3
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
0.69
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.03
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.375
1.375
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8296
34.62
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
3212
34.51
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Mark Thurmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Mark Thurmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21
Mark Thurmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.25
38.25

Fielding Stats for Cliff Lee and Mark Thurmond

Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
3.37
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
1.04
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
2513
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
837.2
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.35
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.53
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
0.78
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.55
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Mark Thurmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.21
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
2.11
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.13
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.07
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.77
93.77
Mark Thurmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.47
98.47
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.615
0.615
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.89
30.89
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cliff Lee and Mark Thurmond

Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
337
629.91
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
315
994.74
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
600
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
190
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
543.93
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
158
498.95
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.432
0.432
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
95.33
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
22
69.47
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
76.64
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
19
60
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.08
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.47
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.69
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.47
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
23.32
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
3.78
11.93
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
123.36
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
25
78.95
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.67
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
28
88.42
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.327
0.327
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.64
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
4
12.63
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
35.51
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
41.05
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
65.42
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
17
53.68
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.75
16.36
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
1.16
3.65
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.35
Mark Thurmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
18.95
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
110
205.61
Mark Thurmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
104.21
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
2.92
2.92
Mark Thurmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.76
5.76
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Mark Thurmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
24
44.86
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
75.79
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.87
Mark Thurmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.32
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.61
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.47
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Mark Thurmond
Career
Per 600 PA