Tex Clevenger vs. Ted Lilly — Career Comparison

Tex Clevenger
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Lilly
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ted Lilly built a career as a starting pitcher and Tex Clevenger 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 4.18 and 1.488 for Tex Clevenger. By the career numbers, Ted Lilly had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tex Clevenger and Ted Lilly

Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
3.98
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.62
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.52
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.47
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.59
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.48
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.51
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.32
49.32
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.5
53.5
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.03
13.03
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.39
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
4.18
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
913
4.14
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2084
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
694.2
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
706
9.15
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1827
8.29
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.15
9.15
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.8
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
293
1.33
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
3.86
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
3
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.39
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.16
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
361
4.68
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1681
7.63
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.949
0.949
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.181
1.181
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.23
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.18
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.29
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.13
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3045
39.45
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8390
38.09
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.79
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
370
4.79
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
974
4.42
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.31
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.21
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.48
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.445
1.445
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.255
1.255
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2733
35.41
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7551
34.28
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.45
39.45
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09

Fielding Stats for Tex Clevenger and Ted Lilly

Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
3.98
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.62
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.52
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2085
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
695
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.65
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.3
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
1.89
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
0.97
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
2.64
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
1.35
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
2.54
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
1.28
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.08
96.08
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.3
94.3
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.638
0.638
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.789
0.789
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.03
13.03
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.26
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tex Clevenger and Ted Lilly

Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
310
1192.31
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
357
545.04
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 600 PA
156
600
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
393
600
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 600 PA
127
488.46
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
347
529.77
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
76.92
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
53.44
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
53.85
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
42.75
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
19.23
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
9.16
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.85
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.53
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
23.08
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
10.69
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
27.66
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
5.28
8.07
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
103.85
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
65.65
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
126.92
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
67.18
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.445
0.445
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.374
0.374
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
30.77
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
15.27
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
42.31
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
25.95
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
73.08
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
41.22
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.57
25.27
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
-8.04
-12.27
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
50
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
8
12.21
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
203.85
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
149
227.48
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.94
2.94
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
2.64
2.64
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 600 PA
14
53.85
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
56.49
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.69
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Clevenger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.58
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.63
Tex Clevenger
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60