Al Atkinson vs. Ted Lilly — Career Comparison

Al Atkinson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Ted Lilly
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ted Lilly built a career as a starting pitcher and Al Atkinson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Al Atkinson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.259 compared to 4.14 and 1.273 for Ted Lilly. By the career numbers, Al Atkinson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Atkinson and Ted Lilly

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.62
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.5
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.59
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.5
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.51
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.5
53.5
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.98
92.98
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.97
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
3.96
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
4.14
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2745
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
943
9.28
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1827
8.29
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.21
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
293
1.33
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.06
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
661
3
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.16
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
4.28
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1681
7.63
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.181
1.181
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.79
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.26
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.37
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.29
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.13
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4001
39.35
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8390
38.09
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656
6.45
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
974
4.42
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.31
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.21
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.48
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.259
1.259
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.255
1.255
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3754
36.92
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7551
34.28
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09

Fielding Stats for Al Atkinson and Ted Lilly

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
1.1
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.62
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2832
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
944
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.52
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.3
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.66
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
0.97
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.41
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
2.59
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
1.35
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.18
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
1.28
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.19
84.19
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.3
94.3
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.991
1.991
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.789
0.789
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Atkinson and Ted Lilly

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
110
155.66
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
357
545.04
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
424
600
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
393
600
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
387
547.64
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
347
529.77
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
90.57
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
35
53.44
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
76.42
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
28
42.75
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
6
9.16
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.83
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.53
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
14.15
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
7
10.69
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.95
31.06
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
5.28
8.07
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
110.38
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
43
65.65
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
142.92
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
44
67.18
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
77.83
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
10
15.27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
14
19.81
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
25.95
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
96.23
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
27
41.22
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.4
30.28
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
-8.04
-12.27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.42
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
50.94
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
8
12.21
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
16.98
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
149
227.48
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.33
35.33
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
2.64
2.64
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
56.49
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.58
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.63
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
60
60