Nick Carter vs. Jim Lyle — Career Comparison

Nick Carter
Pre-GenerationalVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Lyle
Lost GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Nick Carter built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Lyle as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Nick Carter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.97 and WHIP 1.236 compared to 6 and 2.000 for Jim Lyle. By the career numbers, Nick Carter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Nick Carter and Jim Lyle

Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
2.08
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.59
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.74
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.97
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
6
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
27
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60.2
9
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
8.6
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
15
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.07
0.07
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.52
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
2.52
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
9
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
34.71
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
48
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.89
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
3.86
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
6
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.236
1.236
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
31.9
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
45
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.417
0.417
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.71
34.71
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48

Fielding Stats for Nick Carter and Jim Lyle

Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.07
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.59
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
27
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
9
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.25
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.43
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.28
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.67
96.67
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.071
2.071
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Nick Carter and Jim Lyle

Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
420
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
600
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
600
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
5.34
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.69
-20.83
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
5
150
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA