Chet Carmichael vs. Ted Lilly — Career Comparison

Chet Carmichael
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Lilly
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ted Lilly built a career as a starting pitcher and Chet Carmichael as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chet Carmichael posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 0 and WHIP 1.714 compared to 4.14 and 1.273 for Ted Lilly. By the career numbers, Chet Carmichael had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chet Carmichael and Ted Lilly

Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.57
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.62
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.59
Chet Carmichael
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.51
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.5
53.5
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Carmichael
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
4.14
Chet Carmichael
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Chet Carmichael
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
11.57
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1827
8.29
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.57
11.57
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Chet Carmichael
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
293
1.33
Chet Carmichael
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Chet Carmichael
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Chet Carmichael
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
3.86
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
3
Chet Carmichael
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.16
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.57
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1681
7.63
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.714
0.714
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.181
1.181
Chet Carmichael
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.57
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.26
Chet Carmichael
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.57
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.29
Chet Carmichael
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.13
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
42.43
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8390
38.09
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.57
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Chet Carmichael
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
7.71
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
974
4.42
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Chet Carmichael
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.31
Chet Carmichael
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.21
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.48
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.714
1.714
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.255
1.255
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
36
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7551
34.28
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Chet Carmichael
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.43
42.43
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09

Fielding Stats for Chet Carmichael and Ted Lilly

Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.57
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.62
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.3
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
0.97
Chet Carmichael
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.57
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.86
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
1.35
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
1.28
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.3
94.3
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.789
0.789
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chet Carmichael and Ted Lilly

Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
357
545.04
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
393
600
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
529.77
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.101
0.101
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
53.44
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
42.75
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
9.16
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.69
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.28
8.07
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
65.65
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
67.18
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
15.27
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
25.95
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
41.22
Chet Carmichael
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-8.04
-12.27
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.21
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Carmichael
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
149
227.48
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.64
2.64
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
56.49
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Carmichael
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.58
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.63
Chet Carmichael
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60