Cliff Lee vs. Jose Torres — Career Comparison

Cliff Lee
Gen XArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Jose Torres
MillenialVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cliff Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Torres 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 4.04 and 1.178 for Jose Torres. By the career numbers, Cliff Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cliff Lee and Jose Torres

Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
8.33
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
0.6
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.88
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.38
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.11
61.11
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.12
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
4.04
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.1
9
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2116
8.83
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
8.33
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.33
8.33
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
0.93
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.64
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
2.27
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1824
7.61
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
8.33
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.61
7.61
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.33
8.33
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.061
1.061
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.178
1.178
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.17
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.38
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.21
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.38
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
37.6
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.14
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
4.29
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.22
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.38
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.23
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.38
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
0.69
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.88
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.196
1.196
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.178
1.178
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8296
34.62
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
270
34.07
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.6
37.6

Fielding Stats for Cliff Lee and Jose Torres

Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
8.33
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.1
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.35
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
0.78
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.14
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.21
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.51
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.13
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.39
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.77
93.77
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.167
0.167
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cliff Lee and Jose Torres

Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
337
629.91
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
39600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
600
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
543.93
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.468
0.468
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
95.33
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
76.64
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.08
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.69
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.47
23.32
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
123.36
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
104.67
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
33.64
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
35.51
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
65.42
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.75
16.36
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
423.33
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.35
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
110
205.61
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
2.92
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
44.86
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.61
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA