Larry Hardy vs. Ted Lilly — Career Comparison

Larry Hardy
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Lilly
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ted Lilly built a career as a starting pitcher and Larry Hardy 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 5.29 and 1.929 for Larry Hardy. By the career numbers, Ted Lilly had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Hardy and Ted Lilly

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.62
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.64
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
0.59
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.51
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.5
53.5
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.29
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
913
4.14
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
12.21
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1827
8.29
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
293
1.33
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
4
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
3
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
5
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1681
7.63
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.181
1.181
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.26
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.29
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.13
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
42.29
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8390
38.09
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.64
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
5.93
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
974
4.42
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.07
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.31
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.21
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.48
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.255
1.255
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.93
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7551
34.28
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.29
42.29
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09

Fielding Stats for Larry Hardy and Ted Lilly

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.62
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.43
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.3
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.86
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
0.97
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.5
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
1.35
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.29
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
1.28
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.3
94.3
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.789
0.789
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Hardy and Ted Lilly

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
4338.46
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
357
545.04
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
393
600
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
529.77
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.101
0.101
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
53.44
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
42.75
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
9.16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.69
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.42
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.28
8.07
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
65.65
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
67.18
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
15.27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
25.95
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
41.22
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.96
-44.49
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-8.04
-12.27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
12.21
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
149
227.48
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.64
2.64
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
56.49
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.58
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.63
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60