Cliff Lee vs. Zack Weiss — Career Comparison

Cliff Lee
Gen XArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Zack Weiss
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cliff Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Zack Weiss 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 4.61 and 1.280 for Zack Weiss. 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 Zack Weiss

Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
8.23
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.38
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.12
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.61
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.26
6.26
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.184
0.184
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2116
8.83
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
5.93
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.93
5.93
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
0.93
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
2.63
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.94
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1824
7.61
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
10.87
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.61
7.61
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.87
10.87
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.061
1.061
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.756
1.756
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.17
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.21
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
38.85
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.3
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
5.27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.22
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.23
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.69
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.207
1.207
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8296
34.62
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
32.27
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Cliff Lee and Zack Weiss

Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
8.23
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.35
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.78
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.21
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.99
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
1.13
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.77
93.77
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cliff Lee and Zack Weiss

Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
629.91
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
25
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
321
600
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
543.93
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
95.33
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
76.64
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.08
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.69
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
23.32
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
123.36
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.67
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.64
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
35.51
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
65.42
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.75
16.36
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.35
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
110
205.61
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
2.92
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
44.86
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.61
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA