Mort Cooper vs. Ted Lilly — Career Comparison

Mort Cooper
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherMVPAll-Star
Ted Lilly
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Mort Cooper posted a stronger line than Ted Lilly. Mort Cooper posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.97 vs 4.14) and WHIP (1.215 vs 1.273). By the career numbers, Mort Cooper 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 Mort Cooper and Ted Lilly

Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
295
1.44
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.62
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
1.17
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.63
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
0.59
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.37
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.51
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.05
63.05
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.5
53.5
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.02
81.02
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.63
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.16
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
607
2.97
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
4.14
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.242
0.242
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5522
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1840.2
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1666
8.15
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1827
8.29
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.15
8.15
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.42
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
293
1.33
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
2.79
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
661
3
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.16
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
4.46
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1681
7.63
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.806
0.806
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.181
1.181
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.29
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.13
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7648
37.4
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8390
38.09
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.19
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.44
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
974
4.42
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.31
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.21
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.48
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.255
1.255
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7049
34.47
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7551
34.28
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.4
37.4
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.09
38.09

Fielding Stats for Mort Cooper and Ted Lilly

Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
295
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.62
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5948
27
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1982.2
9
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.3
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
270
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
0.97
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.08
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
1.35
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
1.28
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.24
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.3
94.3
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.085
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.789
0.789
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mort Cooper and Ted Lilly

Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
297
247.16
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
357
545.04
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
721
600
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
393
600
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
654
544.24
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
347
529.77
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.509
0.509
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
105.69
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
35
53.44
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
87.38
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
28
42.75
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
13.31
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
6
9.16
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.99
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
18.31
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
7
10.69
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.63
28.82
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
5.28
8.07
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
161
133.98
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
43
65.65
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
125.66
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
44
67.18
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.469
0.469
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.61
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
10
15.27
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
56.59
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
17
25.95
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
93.2
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
27
41.22
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32.29
26.87
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
-8.04
-12.27
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.83
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
19.14
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
8
12.21
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
98.2
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
149
227.48
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.11
6.11
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
2.64
2.64
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
35.78
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
56.49
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
14
11.65
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.58
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.63
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60