Aroldis Chapman vs. Ted Lilly — Career Comparison

Aroldis Chapman
MillenialCubaThrows LeftBats LeftCaribbeanBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Ted Lilly
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ted Lilly built a career as a starting pitcher and Aroldis Chapman as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Aroldis Chapman led in home run suppression (HR9+ 126 vs 73), strikeout rate (K%+ 161 vs 120), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 117 vs 92). Ted Lilly held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 98 vs 60). Role difference aside, Aroldis Chapman holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Aroldis Chapman and Ted Lilly

Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
863
9.46
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
1.62
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.66
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
0.59
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.51
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.5
53.5
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
367
4.02
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
2.52
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
4.14
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.165
0.165
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.242
0.242
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2464
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
821.1
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
5.2
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1827
8.29
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.59
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
293
1.33
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
4.47
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
3
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.16
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1331
14.58
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1681
7.63
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.58
14.58
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.63
7.63
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.117
2.117
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.181
1.181
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.95
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.26
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.36
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.29
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.13
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3341
36.61
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8390
38.09
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
563
6.17
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
2.79
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
974
4.42
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.31
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.19
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.21
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.28
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.48
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.075
1.075
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.255
1.255
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2878
31.54
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7551
34.28
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.61
36.61
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.09
38.09

Fielding Stats for Aroldis Chapman and Ted Lilly

Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
863
9.46
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
1.62
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2464
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
821.1
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.25
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.3
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.6
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
0.97
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.12
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.98
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
1.35
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.85
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
1.28
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.64
87.64
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.3
94.3
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.789
0.789
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Aroldis Chapman and Ted Lilly

Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
863
258900
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
357
545.04
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
393
600
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
529.77
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.101
0.101
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
53.44
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
42.75
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
9.16
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.69
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.28
8.07
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
65.65
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
67.18
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
15.27
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
25.95
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
41.22
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-8.04
-12.27
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.21
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
149
227.48
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.64
2.64
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
56.49
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aroldis Chapman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.58
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.63
Aroldis Chapman
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60