Clint Compton vs. Ted Lilly — Career Comparison

Clint Compton
Baby BoomersAlabamaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Lilly
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ted Lilly built a career as a starting pitcher and Clint Compton 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 9 and 2.000 for Clint Compton. By the career numbers, Ted Lilly had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clint Compton and Ted Lilly

Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.62
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.59
Clint Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.51
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.5
53.5
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
913
4.14
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Clint Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1827
8.29
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Clint Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
293
1.33
Clint Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Clint Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Clint Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
3
Clint Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.16
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1681
7.63
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.181
1.181
Clint Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Clint Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.29
Clint Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.13
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
40.5
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8390
38.09
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Clint Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
974
4.42
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Clint Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.31
Clint Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.21
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.48
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.255
1.255
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
31.5
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7551
34.28
Clint Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Clint Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09

Fielding Stats for Clint Compton and Ted Lilly

Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.62
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.3
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
0.97
Clint Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.08
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
1.35
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
1.28
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.3
94.3
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.789
0.789
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clint Compton and Ted Lilly

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