Nelson Chittum vs. Ted Lilly — Career Comparison

Nelson Chittum
Silent GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Lilly
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ted Lilly built a career as a starting pitcher and Nelson Chittum as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Nelson Chittum posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.397 compared to 4.14 and 1.273 for Ted Lilly. By the career numbers, Nelson Chittum had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Nelson Chittum and Ted Lilly

Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
5.29
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.62
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.4
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.59
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.51
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.5
53.5
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
3.84
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
4.14
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
9
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1827
8.29
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.66
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
293
1.33
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
3.18
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
3
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.4
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.16
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
3.97
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1681
7.63
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.794
0.794
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.181
1.181
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.29
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.13
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
38.51
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8390
38.09
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.25
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
4.5
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
974
4.42
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.31
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.21
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.48
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.353
1.353
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.255
1.255
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
35.21
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7551
34.28
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.51
38.51
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09

Fielding Stats for Nelson Chittum and Ted Lilly

Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
5.29
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.62
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.79
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.3
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.85
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
0.97
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.08
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.65
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
1.35
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.65
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
1.28
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.3
94.3
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.789
0.789
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nelson Chittum and Ted Lilly

Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
2181.82
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
357
545.04
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
393
600
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
545.45
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
529.77
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
53.44
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
42.75
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
9.16
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
10.69
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
31.86
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.28
8.07
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
65.65
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
67.18
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
15.27
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
25.95
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
41.22
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
27.56
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
-8.04
-12.27
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.21
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
218.18
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
149
227.48
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.75
2.75
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
2.64
2.64
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
56.49
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.58
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.63
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60