Ted Lilly vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Ted Lilly
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Ted Lilly built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Salisbury as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Salisbury posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.55 and WHIP 1.099 compared to 4.14 and 1.273 for Ted Lilly. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ted Lilly and Harry Salisbury

Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.51
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.5
53.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.98
92.98
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
4.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.242
0.242
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1827
8.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
293
1.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
661
3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1681
7.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.181
1.181
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8390
38.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
974
4.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.48
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.255
1.255
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7551
34.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.09
38.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Ted Lilly and Harry Salisbury

Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
0.97
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
1.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
1.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.3
94.3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.789
0.789
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Lilly and Harry Salisbury

Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
357
545.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
393
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
529.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
53.44
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
42.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
9.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.28
8.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
65.65
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
67.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
10
15.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
25.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
41.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
-8.04
-12.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
12.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
149
227.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
2.64
2.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
56.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA