Ray Clark vs. Ted Lilly — Career Comparison

Ray Clark
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightNorth AmericaNewark DodgersNegro National League IIRelief Pitcher
Ted Lilly
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ted Lilly built a career as a starting pitcher and Ray Clark as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ted Lilly posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.14 and WHIP 1.273 compared to 10.29 and 2.095 for Ray Clark. By the career numbers, Ted Lilly had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ray Clark and Ted Lilly

Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.62
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.59
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.51
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.5
53.5
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
10.29
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
913
4.14
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.29
10.29
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.02
8.02
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.409
0.409
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
16.29
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1827
8.29
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.29
16.29
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
293
1.33
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.57
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
661
3
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.16
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.57
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1681
7.63
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.571
0.571
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.181
1.181
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.29
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.13
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
45.43
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8390
38.09
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
10.71
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
974
4.42
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.71
10.71
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
3
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.31
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.21
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.48
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.095
2.095
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.255
1.255
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
39.86
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7551
34.28
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.43
45.43
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09

Fielding Stats for Ray Clark and Ted Lilly

Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.57
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.62
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.3
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.86
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
0.97
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.08
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.86
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
1.35
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.86
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
1.28
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.3
94.3
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.789
0.789
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Clark and Ted Lilly

Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
6
400
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
357
545.04
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
393
600
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
529.77
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
53.44
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
42.75
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
9.16
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.69
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.92
61.11
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.28
8.07
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
65.65
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
67.18
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
15.27
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
25.95
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
41.22
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.24
82.59
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
-8.04
-12.27
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.21
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
149
227.48
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.64
2.64
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
56.49
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.58
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.63
Ray Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60