Ray King vs. Ted Lyons — Career Comparison

Ray King
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Lyons
Lost GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ted Lyons built a career as a starting pitcher and Ray King as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ray King posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.46 and WHIP 1.397 compared to 3.67 and 1.348 for Ted Lyons. By the career numbers, Ray King had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ray King and Ted Lyons

Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
593
12.99
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
594
1.28
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
1.05
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.44
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
0.56
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.5
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
230
0.5
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.51
46.51
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.06
53.06
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.48
81.48
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
0.77
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.06
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.05
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
3.46
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1696
3.67
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1233
27
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12483
27
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
9
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4161
9
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
8.23
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4489
9.71
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.23
8.23
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.71
9.71
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.74
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
0.48
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
3.96
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1121
2.42
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.37
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
6.09
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1073
2.32
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.09
6.09
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.117
1.117
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.527
0.527
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.35
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.12
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.37
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.07
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.01
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1747
38.26
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17846
38.6
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.12
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.2
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.9
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2056
4.45
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.37
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.31
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.23
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.355
1.355
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.348
1.348
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1518
33.24
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16694
36.11
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.26
38.26
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Ray King and Ted Lyons

Ray King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
593
12.99
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
595
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1233
27
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
9
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.81
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.64
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
943
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.63
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.45
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1162
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.8
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.189
0.189
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.953
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ray King and Ted Lyons

Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PAverified
593
59300
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
705
245.08
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1726
600
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1563
543.34
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.587
0.587
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
364
126.54
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
301
104.63
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
17.03
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
3.13
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.74
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
21.9
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119.98
41.71
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
446
155.04
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
444
154.35
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.435
0.435
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
56.32
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
51.8
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
306
106.37
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.63
-63.2
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
137.31
47.73
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
2.43
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
25.38
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
201
69.87
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.59
8.59
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
28.85
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
9
3.13
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.35
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.35
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0