Ted Lilly vs. Dan Plesac — Career Comparison

Ted Lilly
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Dan Plesac
Baby BoomersIndianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Ted Lilly built a career as a starting pitcher and Dan Plesac as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dan Plesac led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 114 vs 98), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 97 vs 92), and home run suppression (HR9+ 78 vs 73). Ted Lilly held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 120 vs 116). Role difference aside, Dan Plesac holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ted Lilly and Dan Plesac

Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
1.62
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1064
8.93
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.12
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.59
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.55
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.51
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.6
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.5
53.5
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.79
47.79
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
1.33
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
4.14
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
3.64
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.242
0.242
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.242
0.242
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
3216
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
1072
9
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1827
8.29
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
977
8.2
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
293
1.33
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.88
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
3
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
402
3.38
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.16
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.45
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1681
7.63
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1041
8.74
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.63
7.63
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.74
8.74
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.181
1.181
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.346
1.346
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.26
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.34
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.29
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.14
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.13
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8390
38.09
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4539
38.11
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
3.54
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
974
4.42
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
4.01
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.31
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.39
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.21
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.48
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.57
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.255
1.255
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.286
1.286
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7551
34.28
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
4031
33.84
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.11
38.11

Fielding Stats for Ted Lilly and Dan Plesac

Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
1.62
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1064
8.93
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.12
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
3216
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
1072
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.3
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
0.97
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.84
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.08
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
1.35
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.94
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
1.28
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.92
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.3
94.3
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.32
97.32
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.789
0.789
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.102
0.102
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Lilly and Dan Plesac

Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
357
545.04
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1064
42560
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
393
600
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
529.77
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
600
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.101
0.101
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
53.44
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
42.75
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
9.16
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.69
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.28
8.07
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.3
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
65.65
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
67.18
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
15.27
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
25.95
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
41.22
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-8.04
-12.27
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-1.27
-50.93
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.21
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
149
227.48
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
400
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.64
2.64
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
56.49
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Dan Plesac
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
40
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.58
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.63
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60
Dan Plesac
Career
Per 600 PA