Ray Herbert vs. Ted Lilly — Career Comparison

Ray Herbert
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ted Lilly
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ray Herbert and Ted Lilly are about as close as two starters get — the gap between them is negligible across the key measures. Their run-prevention numbers were nearly identical — ERA+ of 93 for Ray Herbert and 97 for Ted Lilly, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 96 and 92 respectively. If forced to pick, Ray Herbert gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Ray Herbert and Ted Lilly

Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
1.95
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
1.62
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
1.13
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.5
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.59
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
0.51
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.51
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.29
49.29
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.5
53.5
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.99
57.99
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.33
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
839
4.01
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
4.14
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
5644
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1881.1
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2000
9.57
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1827
8.29
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
0.8
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
293
1.33
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
2.73
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
661
3
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.19
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.16
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
864
4.13
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1681
7.63
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.12
2.12
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.763
0.763
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.181
1.181
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.18
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.26
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.11
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.29
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.13
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8010
38.32
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8390
38.09
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.35
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
927
4.43
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
974
4.42
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.31
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.21
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.48
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.367
1.367
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.255
1.255
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7415
35.47
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7551
34.28
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.32
38.32
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09

Fielding Stats for Ray Herbert and Ted Lilly

Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
2.08
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
1.62
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
230
1.18
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
5280
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1760
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.64
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.3
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.99
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
0.97
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.07
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.08
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
2.7
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
298
1.35
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
2.63
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
281
1.28
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.54
97.54
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.3
94.3
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.789
0.789
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.51
56.51
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Herbert and Ted Lilly

Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
408
374.31
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
357
545.04
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
654
600
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
393
600
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
569
522.02
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
347
529.77
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.564
0.564
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
100
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
35
53.44
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
73.39
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
28
42.75
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
19.27
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
6
9.16
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.92
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.42
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
26.61
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
7
10.69
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.96
35.74
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
5.28
8.07
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
140.37
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
43
65.65
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
140.37
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
44
67.18
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
42.2
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
10
15.27
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
46.79
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
17
25.95
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
82.57
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
27
41.22
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.1
34.04
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
-8.04
-12.27
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.83
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.53
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
38.53
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
8
12.21
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
122.02
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
149
227.48
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.92
4.92
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
2.64
2.64
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
37
33.94
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
56.49
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.67
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
13
11.93
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.58
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.63
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60