Jim Archer vs. Tyler Lyons — Career Comparison

Jim Archer
Silent GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tyler Lyons
MillenialTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Archer built a career as a starting pitcher and Tyler Lyons as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Archer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.94 and WHIP 1.373 compared to 4.3 and 1.249 for Tyler Lyons. By the career numbers, Jim Archer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Archer and Tyler Lyons

Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
2.2
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
5.16
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.08
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.64
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.41
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.62
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.38
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
52
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.12
49.12
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.35
12.35
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.35
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
3.94
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
4.3
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
699
27
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
848
27
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
9
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282.2
9
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
9.42
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
8.12
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.42
9.42
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.12
8.12
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.73
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.27
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
2.7
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
2.87
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
4.71
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.2
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.2
9.2
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.824
0.824
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.341
1.341
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.54
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1008
38.94
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1187
37.79
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.54
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.08
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
4.98
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
4.62
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.86
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.348
1.348
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
933
36.04
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1063
33.85
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.94
38.94
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.79
37.79

Fielding Stats for Jim Archer and Tyler Lyons

Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
2.2
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
5.16
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.08
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.64
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
699
27
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
848
27
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
9
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282.2
9
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.31
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.32
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.51
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
1.27
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.19
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.93
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
1.78
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.82
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
1.59
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
94
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.29
89.29
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.825
0.825
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.12
49.12
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.35
12.35
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Archer and Tyler Lyons

Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
57
468.49
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
1983.67
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
600
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
526.03
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
41
502.04
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.418
0.418
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
41.1
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.88
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.66
5.44
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.97
11.84
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
49.32
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
57.53
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.44
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.88
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
49.32
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
4
48.98
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.21
-18.13
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
6.74
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.44
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
156.16
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
195.92
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
3.84
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
3.06
3.06
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
49.32
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA