Lance McCullers vs. Cleon Webb — Career Comparison

Lance McCullers
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cleon Webb
Lost GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cleon Webb built a career as a starting pitcher and Lance McCullers as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lance McCullers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.25 and WHIP 1.370 compared to 5.67 and 1.407 for Cleon Webb. By the career numbers, Lance McCullers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lance McCullers and Cleon Webb

Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
5.23
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.33
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.48
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.67
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.46
47.46
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.67
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.67
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
3.25
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.67
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1579
27
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526.1
9
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
7.3
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
9.67
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.3
7.3
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.67
9.67
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.8
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
4.31
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.72
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
7.56
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.56
7.56
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
0.556
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.36
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2221
37.98
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
40
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
2.65
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
3.74
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.67
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.27
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.407
1.407
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1912
32.69
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
36.33
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.98
37.98
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40

Fielding Stats for Lance McCullers and Cleon Webb

Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
5.23
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.33
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1579
27
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526.1
9
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.56
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
1.15
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.67
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
1.88
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3.67
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
1.71
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.91
90.91
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.82
81.82
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lance McCullers and Cleon Webb

Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
312
3172.88
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
7
420
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
600
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
488.14
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.447
0.447
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
50.85
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
30.51
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.34
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.34
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.73
17.63
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
21.64
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
71.19
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
101.69
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.335
0.335
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
40.68
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
91.53
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.6
6.14
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
21.95
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
23
233.9
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
61.02
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA