Bill Clemensen vs. Ted Lilly — Career Comparison

Bill Clemensen
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Lilly
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ted Lilly built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Clemensen 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 5.57 and 1.571 for Bill Clemensen. By the career numbers, Ted Lilly had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Clemensen and Ted Lilly

Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.21
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.62
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.59
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.51
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.5
53.5
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
5.57
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
913
4.14
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.242
0.242
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
8.36
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1827
8.29
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.36
8.36
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
293
1.33
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
5.79
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
3
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.16
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
4.07
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1681
7.63
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.095
1.095
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.181
1.181
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.64
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.29
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.13
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
41.14
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8390
38.09
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.93
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
6.64
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
974
4.42
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.31
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.21
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.48
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.571
1.571
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.255
1.255
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
34.71
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7551
34.28
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.14
41.14
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09

Fielding Stats for Bill Clemensen and Ted Lilly

Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.62
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5948
27
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1982.2
9
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.3
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
0.97
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.08
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
1.35
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
1.28
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.3
94.3
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.067
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.789
0.789
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Clemensen and Ted Lilly

Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
900
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
357
545.04
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
393
600
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
529.77
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
53.44
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
42.75
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
9.16
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
10.69
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
35.04
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.28
8.07
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
65.65
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
67.18
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
15.27
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
25.95
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
41.22
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
28.19
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
-8.04
-12.27
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.21
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
240
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
149
227.48
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.64
2.64
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
56.49
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Clemensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.58
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.63
Bill Clemensen
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60