Kyle McClellan vs. Mike Witt — Career Comparison

Kyle McClellan
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Witt
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Mike Witt built a career as a starting pitcher and Kyle McClellan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kyle McClellan led in run prevention (ERA+ 122 vs 99), walk avoidance (BB%+ 117 vs 104), and home run suppression (HR9+ 108 vs 102). Mike Witt held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 106 vs 85). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Kyle McClellan.

Pitching Stats for Kyle McClellan and Mike Witt

Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
6.23
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
1.46
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.4
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.28
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.5
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.56
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.5
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.19
44.19
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.21
50.21
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.68
87.68
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.31
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.05
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
3.79
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
898
3.83
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1162
27
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6325
27
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
387.1
9
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2108.1
9
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
359
8.34
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2066
8.82
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.05
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
0.78
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.25
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
3.04
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.23
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.17
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
6.04
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1373
5.86
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.04
6.04
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.033
1.033
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.989
0.989
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.31
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.42
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.23
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1652
38.39
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8927
38.11
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.25
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.09
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
4.04
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1012
4.32
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.4
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.25
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.29
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.74
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
0.82
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.288
1.288
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.318
1.318
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1470
34.16
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8032
34.29
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.11
38.11

Fielding Stats for Kyle McClellan and Mike Witt

Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
6.23
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
1.46
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.4
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.28
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1162
27
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6325
27
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
387.1
9
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2108.1
9
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.77
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
0.63
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
1.27
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.79
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
2
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.77
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
1.9
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.7
98.7
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.09
95.09
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.305
1.305
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.68
87.68
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.09
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kyle McClellan and Mike Witt

Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
269
3045.28
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
600
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
520.75
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.89
10.03
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
79.25
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
79.25
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
79.25
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.38
-4.29
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
18
203.77
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.94
2.94
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kyle McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA