Ted Lilly vs. Johan Santana — Career Comparison

Ted Lilly
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Johan Santana
Gen XVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

The numbers give Johan Santana a clear advantage over Ted Lilly across the core pitching metrics. Johan Santana led in run prevention (ERA+ 132 vs 97), home run suppression (HR9+ 100 vs 73), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 121 vs 98). Johan Santana was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Ted Lilly and Johan Santana

Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.62
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.26
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.59
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.51
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.35
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.5
53.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.89
78.89
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
4.14
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.242
0.242
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1827
8.29
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
293
1.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
0.98
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
661
3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.16
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1681
7.63
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.63
7.63
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.181
1.181
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.26
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.3
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.29
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.13
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8390
38.09
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
974
4.42
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.31
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.26
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.21
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.17
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.48
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.255
1.255
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7551
34.28
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.09
38.09
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Ted Lilly and Johan Santana

Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.62
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
1.26
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.44
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
0.97
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.03
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.08
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
298
1.35
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
1.55
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
281
1.28
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.47
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.3
94.3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.56
94.56
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.789
0.789
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.61
78.61
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Lilly and Johan Santana

Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
357
545.04
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
774.19
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
393
600
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
279
600
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
529.77
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
248
533.33
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
35
53.44
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
86.02
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
42.75
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
55.91
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
6
9.16
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.53
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
7
10.69
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
5.28
8.07
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
43
65.65
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
44
67.18
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
105.38
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
10
15.27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.66
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
25.95
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
41.22
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
19
40.86
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
-8.04
-12.27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.06
17.33
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
8
12.21
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.35
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
149
227.48
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
167.74
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
2.64
2.64
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
56.49
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
22
47.31
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.58
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.63
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA