Burleigh Grimes vs Ted Lyons

Burleigh Grimes Ted Lyons

Burleigh Grimes and Ted Lyons compared on their MLB careers: Burleigh Grimes played 19 seasons, 1916 to 1934, Ted Lyons 21 seasons, 1923 to 1946. Burleigh Grimes has 270 wins to Ted Lyons's 260. Burleigh Grimes won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Burleigh Grimes and Ted Lyons career totals

616	GP	594
270	W	260
212	L	230
3.5	ERA	3.7
4179.2	IP	4,161
1,512	K	1,073
1,295	BB	1,121
1.4	WHIP	1.4
18	SV	23

Where each stands all time

Burleigh Grimes and Ted Lyons all-time places

229th (1,512)	Strikeouts (pitching)	—
32nd (270)	Wins (pitching)	40th (260)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Burleigh Grimes: 2 championships; none on file
Ted Lyons: 0 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Burleigh Grimes and Ted Lyons season by season

1st	1916	2	3	2.36	1923	2	1	6.35
2nd	1917	3	16	3.53	1924	12	11	4.87
3rd	1918	19	9	2.14	1925	21	11	3.26
4th	1919	10	11	3.47	1926	18	16	3.01
5th	1920	23	11	2.22	1927	22	14	2.84
6th	1921	22	13	2.83	1928	15	14	3.98
7th	1922	17	14	4.76	1929	14	20	4.10
8th	1923	21	18	3.58	1930	22	15	3.78
9th	1924	22	13	3.82	1931	4	6	4.01
10th	1925	12	19	5.04	1932	10	15	3.28
11th	1926	12	13	3.71	1933	10	21	4.38
12th	1927	19	8	3.54	1934	11	13	4.87
13th	1928	25	14	2.99	1935	15	8	3.02
14th	1929	17	7	3.13	1936	10	13	5.14
15th	1930	16	11	4.07	1937	12	7	4.15
16th	1931	17	9	3.65	1938	9	11	3.70
17th	1932	6	11	4.78	1939	14	6	2.76
18th	1933	3	7	3.78	1940	12	8	3.24
19th	1934	4	5	6.11	1941	12	10	3.70
20th	—	—	—	—	1942	14	6	2.10
21st	—	—	—	—	1946	1	4	2.32

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA