Dennis Lewallyn vs. Graham Taylor — Career Comparison

Dennis Lewallyn
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Graham Taylor
MillenialKentuckyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Graham Taylor built a career as a starting pitcher and Dennis Lewallyn as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dennis Lewallyn posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.48 and WHIP 1.481 compared to 8.18 and 2.545 for Graham Taylor. By the career numbers, Dennis Lewallyn had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dennis Lewallyn and Graham Taylor

Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
3.81
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.45
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.45
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.64
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
4.48
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
8.18
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.18
8.18
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
27
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
9
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
10.31
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
13.09
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.31
10.31
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.09
13.09
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.67
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.46
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
9.82
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.56
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
3.14
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
4.09
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.622
0.622
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.546
1.546
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.64
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.82
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
351
39.32
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
51.55
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.68
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
4.71
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
11.45
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.45
11.45
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.82
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.64
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.34
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.419
1.419
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.546
2.546
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320
35.85
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
38.45
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.24
1.24
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
0.381
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.32
39.32
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.55
51.55

Fielding Stats for Dennis Lewallyn and Graham Taylor

Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
3.81
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.45
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.45
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
27
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
9
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.67
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.82
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.46
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.13
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.82
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.13
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.82
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.559
0.559
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dennis Lewallyn and Graham Taylor

Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
1457.14
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
600
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
557.14
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
2.93
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.7
-29.92
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.26
-31.07
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
10
428.57
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA