Ted Lilly vs. Masahiro Tanaka — Career Comparison

Ted Lilly
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Masahiro Tanaka
MillenialJapanThrows RightBats RightAsiaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Masahiro Tanaka a clear advantage over Ted Lilly across the core pitching metrics. Masahiro Tanaka led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 154 vs 98), home run suppression (HR9+ 96 vs 73), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 110 vs 92). Ted Lilly held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 120 vs 111). Masahiro Tanaka was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Ted Lilly and Masahiro Tanaka

Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.62
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
1.49
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
1.48
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
0.59
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.67
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.51
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.39
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.5
53.5
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.9
62.9
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.98
92.98
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.43
99.43
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
4.14
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
3.74
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3163
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1054.1
9
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1827
8.29
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
983
8.39
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.39
8.39
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
1.33
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
1.36
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
661
3
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
1.78
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.16
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1681
7.63
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
991
8.46
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.63
7.63
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.46
8.46
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.181
1.181
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.137
1.137
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.26
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.27
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.29
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.22
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.13
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8390
38.09
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4299
36.7
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
974
4.42
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
4.06
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.31
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.21
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.19
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.48
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.61
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.255
1.255
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7551
34.28
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4032
34.42
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.09
38.09
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.7
36.7

Fielding Stats for Ted Lilly and Masahiro Tanaka

Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.62
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
1.49
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.5
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
1.48
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5948
27
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3163
27
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982.2
9
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1054.1
9
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.3
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.58
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
0.97
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
1.14
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.08
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
1.35
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
1.76
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
1.28
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
1.72
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.3
94.3
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.06
98.06
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.789
0.789
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.161
1.161
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.98
92.98
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.43
99.43
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.1
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Lilly and Masahiro Tanaka

Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
357
545.04
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
174
3600
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
393
600
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
529.77
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
558.62
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.101
0.101
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
53.44
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
42.75
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
9.16
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.69
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.28
8.07
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
1.52
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
65.65
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
67.18
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
15.27
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
25.95
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
41.22
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-8.04
-12.27
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-1.81
-37.4
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
12.21
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
149
227.48
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
248.28
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.64
2.64
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
56.49
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.58
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.63
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lilly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA