Lee Viau vs. Claude Willoughby — Career Comparison

Lee Viau
Pre-GenerationalVermontThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati Red StockingsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Claude Willoughby
Lost GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Claude Willoughby built a career as a starting pitcher and Lee Viau as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lee Viau posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.33 and WHIP 1.364 compared to 5.84 and 1.803 for Claude Willoughby. By the career numbers, Lee Viau had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lee Viau and Claude Willoughby

Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Claude Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
1.11
Claude Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
2.34
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
1.01
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.07
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.52
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.41
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.48
Claude Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.62
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.88
51.88
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.58
39.58
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.01
91.01
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.66
45.66
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.91
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.35
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Claude Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
533
3.33
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
5.84
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4326
27
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2524
27
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1442
9
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
841.1
9
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1441
8.99
Claude Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1111
11.88
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.99
8.99
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.88
11.88
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.23
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.6
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
3.28
Claude Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
4.34
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
554
3.46
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
1.87
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.87
1.87
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.749
0.749
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.691
0.691
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.46
Claude Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.24
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.32
Claude Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.19
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6316
39.42
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3940
42.15
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Claude Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.63
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
881
5.5
Claude Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
631
6.75
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.364
1.364
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.803
1.803
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5739
35.82
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3516
37.61
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Claude Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.42
39.42
Claude Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.15
42.15

Fielding Stats for Lee Viau and Claude Willoughby

Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Claude Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
1.13
Claude Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4443
27
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1481
9
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.36
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
1.84
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.21
Claude Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
2.41
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
2.2
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.18
91.18
Claude Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.98
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.946
1.946
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.174
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Claude Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Lee Viau and Claude Willoughby

Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Claude Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PA
184
173.04
Claude Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
440.94
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
638
600
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
298
600
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
588
552.98
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
272
547.65
Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Claude Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.427
0.427
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
77.12
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
78.52
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
63.95
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
72.48
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.46
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.04
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.7
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
13.17
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.04
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.94
24.39
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
8.85
17.83
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
94.98
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
42
84.56
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
124.14
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
59
118.79
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Claude Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
54.55
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
14
28.19
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
29.15
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
13
26.17
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
83.7
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
27
54.36
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.44
17.34
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
6
12.09
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.88
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
45.14
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
20
40.27
Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
154
144.83
Claude Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
146.98
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.14
4.14
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
4.08
4.08
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
12.08
Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
15.99
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
15.99
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Claude Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA