Ted Lilly vs. Danny Rios — Career Comparison

Ted Lilly
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Danny Rios
Gen XSpainThrows RightBats RightEuropeKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ted Lilly built a career as a starting pitcher and Danny Rios as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ted Lilly posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.14 and WHIP 1.273 compared to 9.31 and 2.690 for Danny Rios. By the career numbers, Ted Lilly had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ted Lilly and Danny Rios

Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.62
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
6.52
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.59
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.51
Danny Rios
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.93
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.5
53.5
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
913
4.14
Danny Rios
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
9.31
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.31
9.31
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.67
15.67
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.03
10.03
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.391
0.391
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1827
8.29
Danny Rios
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
16.76
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.76
16.76
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
1.33
Danny Rios
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
3.72
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Danny Rios
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
3
Danny Rios
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
7.45
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.16
Danny Rios
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.45
7.45
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1681
7.63
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
6.52
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.52
6.52
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.181
1.181
Danny Rios
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.552
1.552
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.26
Danny Rios
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.93
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.29
Danny Rios
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.86
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.13
Danny Rios
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8390
38.09
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
53.07
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.93
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
974
4.42
Danny Rios
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
13.03
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.03
13.03
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.31
Danny Rios
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.21
Danny Rios
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.93
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.48
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.86
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.255
1.255
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7551
34.28
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
42.83
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Danny Rios
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09
Danny Rios
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07

Fielding Stats for Ted Lilly and Danny Rios

Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.62
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
6.52
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.3
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.86
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
0.97
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.08
Danny Rios
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
1.35
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.86
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
1.28
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.86
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.3
94.3
Danny Rios
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.789
0.789
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Rios
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Lilly and Danny Rios

Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
357
545.04
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
7
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
600
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
347
529.77
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.101
0.101
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
53.44
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
42.75
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
9.16
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.69
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.28
8.07
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
65.65
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
67.18
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
15.27
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
25.95
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
41.22
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-8.04
-12.27
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.21
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
149
227.48
Danny Rios
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.64
2.64
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
56.49
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Danny Rios
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.58
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.63
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60
Danny Rios
Career
Per 600 PA