Ted Lilly vs. Bill Sweeney — Career Comparison

Ted Lilly
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bill Sweeney
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaBaltimore MonumentalsUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher

Ted Lilly built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Sweeney as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Sweeney posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.67 and WHIP 1.153 compared to 4.14 and 1.273 for Ted Lilly. By the career numbers, Bill Sweeney had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ted Lilly and Bill Sweeney

Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.62
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
1.04
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.02
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
0.59
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.62
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.51
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.39
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.5
53.5
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.25
61.25
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.98
92.98
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.97
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
4.14
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
2.67
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.242
0.242
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2124
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
708
9
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1827
8.29
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
700
8.9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
293
1.33
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.22
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
661
3
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
1.47
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.16
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1681
7.63
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
422
5.36
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.15
5.15
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.181
1.181
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.26
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.69
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.29
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.13
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8390
38.09
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3019
38.38
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
974
4.42
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
5.25
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.31
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.21
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.48
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.255
1.255
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.153
1.153
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7551
34.28
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2903
36.9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.38
38.38

Fielding Stats for Ted Lilly and Bill Sweeney

Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.62
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.06
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2694
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
898
9
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.3
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.56
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
0.97
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
2.13
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.55
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
298
1.35
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
3.25
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
1.28
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
2.7
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.3
94.3
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.02
83.02
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.789
0.789
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.538
2.538
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Lilly and Bill Sweeney

Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
357
545.04
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
97
146.6
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
393
600
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
397
600
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
347
529.77
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
384
580.35
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.505
0.505
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
35
53.44
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
128.46
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
28
42.75
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
111.84
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
6
9.16
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
16.62
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
7
10.69
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
16.62
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
5.28
8.07
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.28
35.19
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
43
65.65
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
145.09
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
44
67.18
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
148.11
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.497
0.497
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.365
0.365
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
10
15.27
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
64.99
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
25.95
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
6
9.07
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
27
41.22
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
74.06
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
-8.04
-12.27
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.75
40.42
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
8
12.21
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
19.65
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
149
227.48
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.64
2.64
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
56.49
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Bill Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.58
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.63
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60
Bill Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA