Sonny Collins vs. Ted Lilly — Career Comparison

Sonny Collins
UnknownPhiladelphia Bacharach GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Ted Lilly
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Sonny Collins and Ted Lilly are fairly close on the surface numbers. Ted Lilly posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.14 vs 9.22) and WHIP (1.273 vs 2.305). Sonny Collins had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.66 per nine innings vs 1.33). By the career numbers, Ted Lilly had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Sonny Collins and Ted Lilly

Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.98
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.62
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.99
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.59
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.51
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.5
53.5
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
9.22
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
913
4.14
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.22
9.22
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
15.48
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1827
8.29
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.48
15.48
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
293
1.33
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
5.27
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
3
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.16
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1681
7.63
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.805
0.805
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.181
1.181
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.29
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.13
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
48.73
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8390
38.09
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
10.21
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
974
4.42
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.31
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.21
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.48
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.305
2.305
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.255
1.255
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
42.48
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7551
34.28
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.372
0.372
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.73
48.73
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09

Fielding Stats for Sonny Collins and Ted Lilly

Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.98
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.62
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.99
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.3
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.63
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
0.97
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.08
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.96
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
1.35
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.96
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
1.28
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.3
94.3
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.789
0.789
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sonny Collins and Ted Lilly

Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
7
300
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
357
545.04
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
393
600
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
557.14
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
529.77
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.857
0.857
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
53.44
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
42.75
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
9.16
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
10.69
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.13
91.31
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.28
8.07
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
257.14
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
65.65
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
67.18
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.846
0.846
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
15.27
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
25.95
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
257.14
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
41.22
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.47
105.72
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
-8.04
-12.27
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.21
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
149
227.48
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.64
2.64
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
56.49
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.58
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.63
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60