Clarence Currie vs. Ted Lilly — Career Comparison

Clarence Currie
Pre-GenerationalCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Lilly
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ted Lilly built a career as a starting pitcher and Clarence Currie as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clarence Currie posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.39 and WHIP 1.363 compared to 4.14 and 1.273 for Ted Lilly. By the career numbers, Clarence Currie had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clarence Currie and Ted Lilly

Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.28
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.62
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.92
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.36
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.59
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.56
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.51
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.47
39.47
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.5
53.5
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.7
71.7
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.75
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.39
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
4.14
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1114
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
371.1
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
9.33
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1827
8.29
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.22
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
293
1.33
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
2.93
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
661
3
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.16
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
2.69
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1681
7.63
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.09
2.09
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.181
1.181
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.17
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.51
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.29
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.13
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1567
37.98
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8390
38.09
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.29
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
5.07
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
974
4.42
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.31
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.21
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.48
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.363
1.363
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.255
1.255
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1425
34.54
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7551
34.28
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.98
37.98
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.09
38.09

Fielding Stats for Clarence Currie and Ted Lilly

Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.29
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.62
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.41
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.3
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
3.35
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
0.97
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.29
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
4.05
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
1.35
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.76
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
1.28
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.81
92.81
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.3
94.3
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.925
2.925
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.789
0.789
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clarence Currie and Ted Lilly

Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
55
235.71
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
357
545.04
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
140
600
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
393
600
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
552.86
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
529.77
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.424
0.424
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
85.71
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
53.44
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
72.86
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
42.75
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.57
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
9.16
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.53
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.86
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
10.69
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.12
21.95
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.28
8.07
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
102.86
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
65.65
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
115.71
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
67.18
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
21.43
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
15.27
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
38.57
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
25.95
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
60
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
41.22
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.78
16.18
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
-8.04
-12.27
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.53
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.71
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
12.21
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
180
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
149
227.48
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
3.33
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
2.64
2.64
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
4
17.14
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
56.49
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.29
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.58
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.29
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.63
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
60
60