Guy Hecker vs. Ted Lilly — Career Comparison

Guy Hecker
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Ted Lilly
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ted Lilly built a career as a starting pitcher and Guy Hecker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Guy Hecker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.93 and WHIP 1.168 compared to 4.14 and 1.273 for Ted Lilly. By the career numbers, Guy Hecker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Guy Hecker and Ted Lilly

Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
1.03
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.62
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
322
0.99
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
0.54
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.59
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.45
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
0.51
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.52
54.52
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.5
53.5
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.83
95.83
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.98
92.98
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
0.96
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.05
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
951
2.93
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
4.14
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8772
27
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2924
9
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2922
8.99
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1827
8.29
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.99
8.99
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.15
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
293
1.33
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
1.51
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
661
3
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.16
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1110
3.42
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1681
7.63
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.548
0.548
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.181
1.181
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.39
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.26
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.22
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.29
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.13
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12415
38.21
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
8390
38.09
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1726
5.31
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
974
4.42
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.31
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.21
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.48
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.168
1.168
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.255
1.255
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11851
36.48
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
7551
34.28
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.21
38.21
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09

Fielding Stats for Guy Hecker and Ted Lilly

Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
733
1.09
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.62
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18129
27
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6043
9
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3309
4.93
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.3
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
1.11
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
0.97
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
0.32
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4266
6.35
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
298
1.35
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4053
6.04
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
281
1.28
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.01
95.01
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.3
94.3
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.529
5.529
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.789
0.789
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.29
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Guy Hecker and Ted Lilly

Guy Hecker
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
705
138.6
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
357
545.04
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3052
600
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
393
600
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2876
565.4
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
347
529.77
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
812
159.63
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
35
53.44
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
629
123.66
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
28
42.75
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
23
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
6
9.16
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
9.24
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.53
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
3.74
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
35.98
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
7
10.69
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
376.32
73.98
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
5.28
8.07
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1080
212.32
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
43
65.65
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
988
194.23
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
44
67.18
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.699
0.699
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
504
99.08
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
10
15.27
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
278
54.65
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
17
25.95
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
763
150
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
27
41.22
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
418.9
82.35
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
-8.04
-12.27
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
6.49
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.53
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
28.11
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
8
12.21
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
19.27
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
149
227.48
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.14
31.14
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
2.64
2.64
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
1.46
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
56.49
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
24.18
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.58
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
24.18
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.63
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
60
60