Sam Jones vs. Tyler Lyons — Career Comparison

Sam Jones
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Tyler Lyons
MillenialTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Sam Jones 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. Sam Jones led in strikeout rate (K%+ 149 vs 108), home run suppression (HR9+ 114 vs 106), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 104 vs 104). Tyler Lyons held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 124 vs 72). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Sam Jones.

Pitching Stats for Sam Jones and Tyler Lyons

Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
1.76
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
5.16
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
1.21
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.64
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.56
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.41
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.56
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.38
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.76
49.76
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
52
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.81
68.81
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.35
12.35
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.42
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.09
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
674
3.63
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
4.3
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5008
27
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
848
27
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1669.1
9
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
282.2
9
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1437
7.75
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
255
8.12
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.75
7.75
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.12
8.12
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.82
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
1.27
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
840
4.53
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
2.87
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1393
7.51
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
9.2
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.51
7.51
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.2
9.2
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.338
1.338
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.341
1.341
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.24
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.32
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.54
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7204
38.84
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1187
37.79
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.25
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.08
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
778
4.19
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
4.62
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.86
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.364
1.364
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6301
33.97
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1063
33.85
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.38
2.38
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.84
38.84
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.79
37.79

Fielding Stats for Sam Jones and Tyler Lyons

Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
1.81
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
5.16
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
1.22
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.64
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4874
27
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
848
27
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1624.2
9
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
282.2
9
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.47
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.32
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
1.21
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.27
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.12
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.19
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.79
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.78
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
1.68
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.59
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.52
93.52
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.29
89.29
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.927
0.927
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.58
67.58
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.35
12.35
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.07
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Jones and Tyler Lyons

Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
327
327.55
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
162
1983.67
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
599
600
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
533
533.89
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
41
502.04
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.418
0.418
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
81.14
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
5
61.22
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
73.12
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
5
61.22
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.01
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8.01
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.099
0.099
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.94
14.97
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.97
11.84
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
91.15
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
5
61.22
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
99.17
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
19.03
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
30.05
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
48.08
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.64
6.66
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
6.74
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
17.03
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
167
167.28
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
195.92
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.59
3.59
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
3.06
3.06
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
44.07
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.01
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
9.02
Tyler Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
Tyler Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA