Tommy John vs. Tyler Lyons — Career Comparison

Tommy John
Silent GenerationIndianaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Tyler Lyons
MillenialTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tommy John built a career as a starting pitcher and Tyler Lyons as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tyler Lyons led in strikeout rate (K%+ 108 vs 69), walk avoidance (BB%+ 124 vs 118), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 104 vs 101). Tommy John held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 126 vs 106). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Tyler Lyons.

Pitching Stats for Tommy John and Tyler Lyons

Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
26
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
760
1.45
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
5.16
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
700
1.34
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.64
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
0.55
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.41
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
0.44
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.38
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.49
55.49
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
52
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.35
12.35
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.31
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.09
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.01
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1749
3.34
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
4.3
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14131
27
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
848
27
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4710.1
9
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
282.2
9
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
4783
9.14
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
8.12
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.12
8.12
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
0.58
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
1.27
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1259
2.41
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
2.87
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.19
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2245
4.29
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.2
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.2
9.2
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.744
0.744
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.341
1.341
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
0.36
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.29
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.19
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.54
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.03
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19692
37.63
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1187
37.79
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.04
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.08
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2017
3.85
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
4.62
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.3
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.25
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.15
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
383
0.73
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.86
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.283
1.283
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18101
34.59
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1063
33.85
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.63
37.63
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.79
37.79

Fielding Stats for Tommy John and Tyler Lyons

Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
26
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
760
1.45
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
5.16
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
700
1.34
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.64
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14129
27
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
848
27
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4709.2
9
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
282.2
9
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
0.45
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.32
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1028
1.96
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.27
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.09
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.19
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1314
2.51
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.78
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1265
2.42
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.59
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.27
96.27
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.29
89.29
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.665
1.665
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.35
12.35
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.13
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tommy John and Tyler Lyons

Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
26
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
761
443.3
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
162
1983.67
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1030
600
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
900
524.27
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
41
502.04
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.418
0.418
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
82.14
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
5
61.22
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
71.65
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
5
61.22
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
7.57
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.91
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
10.49
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30.05
17.51
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.97
11.84
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
169
98.45
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
5
61.22
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.94
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
25.05
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
31.46
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
53.59
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
4
48.98
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.54
10.22
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.55
6.74
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
19.22
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PAverified
211
122.91
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
195.92
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.88
4.88
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
3.06
3.06
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
54.17
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.75
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.65
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA