Ted Lilly

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**Ted Lilly**
Born: January 4 1976 (1976-01-04) (age 32)
Chicago Cubs — No. 30
Starting Pitcher
Bats: Left	Throws: Left
Major League Baseball debut
May 14, 1999 for the Montreal Expos
Selected MLB statistics (through 2007)
Win-Loss	60-59
Earned Run Average	4.55
Strikeouts	823
Former teams
Montreal Expos (1999) New York Yankees (2000-2002) Oakland Athletics (2002-2003) Toronto Blue Jays (2004-2006) Chicago Cubs (2007-present)

Theodore Roosevelt "Ted" Lilly (born January 4, 1976 in Torrance, California), is a left-handed starting pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. He bats and throws left-handed. The 6'1" Lilly attended Yosemite High School in Oakhurst, California, and Fresno City College.

Lilly is a fly-ball pitcher. His fastball is usually in the range of 87-91 MPH, although it can reach 94 at times. It feels faster from the hitter's perspective because Lilly's pitching motion hides the ball well. He also throws a slider and a useful change-up. His favorite out pitch is a slow, looping curveball; however, his command of this pitch is very inconsistent, and hanging curveballs tend to account for many of his hits allowed. He can also tend to take too many pitches to get through innings and thus often fails to last beyond the sixth inning despite his ability to pitch well late into his starts. On days when Lilly does spot his curveball and challenges opposing hitters with strikes, he is a formidable adversary for any lineup and can be downright unhittable (see Red Sox, below).

1 MLB Stats
2 Professional Career
3 Sources

MLB Stats

current as of May 7, 2007.

Season	Team	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	W	L	ERA
1999	Montreal Expos	9	3	0	0	23.2	30	20	20	7	9	28	0	1	7.61
2000	New York Yankees	7	0	0	0	8.0	8	6	5	1	5	11	0	0	5.63
2001	New York Yankees	26	21	0	0	120.2	126	81	72	20	51	112	5	6	5.37
2002	New York Yankees	16	11	2	1	76.2	57	31	29	10	24	59	3	6	3.40
2002	Oakland Athletics	6	5	0	0	23.1	23	12	12	5	7	18	2	1	4.63
2003	Oakland Athletics	32	31	0	0	178.1	179	92	86	24	58	147	12	10	4.34
2004	Toronto Blue Jays	32	32	2	1	197.1	171	92	89	26	89	168	12	10	4.06
2005	Toronto Blue Jays	25	25	0	0	126.1	135	79	78	23	58	96	10	11	5.56
2006	Toronto Blue Jays	32	32	0	0	181.2	179	98	87	28	81	160	15	13	4.31
2007	Chicago Cubs	6	6	0	0	38.1	30	14	12	2	6	38	2	2	2.82

Professional Career

Early Years

Lilly broke into the majors with the Montreal Expos in 1999, pitching in only nine games that year before being traded to the New York Yankees as part of a trade involving Hideki Irabu. ^[1] Lilly played two plus years for the Yankees before being dealt to the Oakland Athletics in a three team deal that included pitchers Jeff Weaver heading to New York and Jeremy Bonderman going to the Detroit Tigers. Lilly was in the starting rotation for Oakland, and pitched in the American League Division Series in both 2002 and 2003.

2004 Season

Lilly was traded from the Athletics to the Blue Jays for Bobby Kielty.^[2] He made the American League All-Star team in 2004 as the Jays' lone representative that year.

The highlight of his career as a Blue Jay was a start on August 23, 2004 against the Boston Red Sox. He pitched a complete-game shutout and struck out 13 batters in a three-hit 3-0 victory. Interestingly, of Lilly's seven career 10-plus-strikeout games, four have come against Boston. One possible explanation is that until 2006, the Red Sox featured a decidedly left-leaning lineup (and one of their offensive mainstays is left-batting designated hitter David Ortiz).

2006 Season

Lilly was 15-13 with a 4.31 ERA and 160 strikeouts in 2006, exceeding his previous career high for wins (12). He also equalled a career high for starts (32) and nearly matched his career highs in strikeouts and innings pitched. This season, he ranked first among the Jays' pitching staff in strikeouts and second only to Roy Halladay in wins (Halladay had a 16-5 record before a recurring elbow injury ended his season in late September).

It is well known that Ted Lilly has not always seen eye to eye with Blue Jays pitching coach Brad Arnsberg, where the term "un-coachable" has (reportedly) been used by Arnsberg. ^[3] There was also speculation that Ted Lilly and Josh Towers were the two pitchers who had called J.P. Ricciardi to sign free agent catcher Bengie Molina during the off-season prior to the 2006 campaign. The signing of Bengie Molina created a platoon situation in the catcher role with Gregg Zaun. Lilly and catcher Gregg Zaun have since shown signs of differences as teammates on the Blue Jays, to the point that John Gibbons makes an effort to ensure that catcher Bengie Molina is lined up to play with him.Template:Verify source Interestingly, Zaun had previously done a fine job of catching with Lilly during the 2004/2005 seasons, such that Zaun would consistently start September games at catcher in place of prospect Guillermo Quiroz when Lilly was on the mound.

On August 21, 2006, in a game against the Oakland Athletics, Lilly had a public dispute with Jays manager John Gibbons. When Gibbons came out to the mound to take out Lilly after he gave up 5 runs in one inning (he was later charged with a total of seven after two inherited runners scored), the pitcher verbally challenged Gibbons' decision. When Lilly entered the dugout, he collected his equipment and headed for the clubhouse. According to eye-witnesses, Gibbons followed Lilly into the clubhouse tunnel and pushed him. A scuffle apparently ensued and Gibbons was seen on camera afterwards with a bloodied nose. ^[4] After the game, both Gibbons and Lilly claimed the situation had been resolved. Lilly himself was able to shrug off the incident. During Lilly's next start, against the Kansas City Royals on August 27 (an eventual 10-6 Jays' win), there was no sign of animosity between the pitcher and his manager. Interestingly, in his starts after the confrontation, Lilly posted a 5-2 record and his ERA dropped from 4.63 to 4.31 in improving from 10-11 to 15-13.

Ted Lilly declared for free agency at the end of the 2006 season, and alongside Barry Zito, Jason Schmidt and Jeff Suppan, was one of the most sought-after free agent pitchers, but only due to the thin market for pitching. On the morning of December 6, 2006, Ted informed the Blue Jays that he would not be returning to the club, thus rejecting a four year, $40 million deal. He cited a "change in scenery" as his reasoning. Later on that day, Ted agreed to an identical four year, $40 million deal with the Chicago Cubs, officially ending his tenure with the Blue Jays.^[5]

2007 Season

In his first start for the Cubs, Lilly defeated the Cincinnati Reds in a strong outing, taking a no hitter into the fifth inning, and only yielding one earned run over seven innings.^[6]

Additionally, outside of the ballpark, Lilly has also engratiated himself with the rabid Chicago Cubs faithful, even becoming the centerpiece of a local Chicago Cubs fan club

2007 Game Log

Stats as of May 22, 2007

Date	Opponent	Result	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	Pitches	Decision	ERA
April 4	@CIN	W (4-1)	7.0	3	1	1	0	1	9	100	W (1-0)	1.29
April 9	HOU	L (5-3)	6.0	6	3	3	0	1	5	90	ND	2.77
April 15	CIN	L (1-0)	6.0	2	1	1	0	1	10	101	L (1-1)	2.37
April 20	STL	L (2-1)	7.0	4	2	2	1	2	6	100	L (1-2)	2.42
April 25	MIL	W (9-3)	7.0	6	2	1	0	0	3	100	W (2-2)	2.18
May 1	@PIT	W (8-6)	5.1	9	5	4	1	1	5	86	ND	2.82
May 8	PIT	L (3-4)	7.0	7	2	2	0	1	4	110	ND	2.78
May 13	@PHI	W (4-1)	8.0	3	1	1	0	1	6	108	W (3-2)	2.53
May 18	CHA	W (6-3)	7.0	6	3	3	1	2	6	106	W (4-2)	2.69

Sources

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2007 Chicago Cubs Starting Rotation

Carlos Zambrano • Ted Lilly • Jason Marquis • Rich Hill • Sean Marshall

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Early Years

2004 Season

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2007 Season

2007 Game Log

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