Babe Adams vs. Brad Hand — Career Comparison

Babe Adams
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brad Hand
MillenialMinnesotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Babe Adams built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Hand as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Babe Adams posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.76 and WHIP 1.092 compared to 3.75 and 1.290 for Brad Hand. By the career numbers, Babe Adams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Babe Adams and Brad Hand

Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
482
1.45
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
1.07
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.5
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.58
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.47
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.42
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.64
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.08
58.08
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.65
73.65
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
0.62
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.13
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.05
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.54
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
917
2.76
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
322
3.75
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8986
27
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
2316
27
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2995.1
9
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
772
9
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2841
8.54
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
7.85
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.2
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.93
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
1.29
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
3.46
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.3
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1036
3.11
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
782
9.12
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.489
0.489
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.08
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.34
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.14
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.54
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11947
35.9
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3266
38.08
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.27
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
2.96
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1129
3.39
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
4.15
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.35
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.64
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.092
1.092
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.257
1.257
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11470
34.46
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
2871
33.47
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.9
35.9
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Babe Adams and Brad Hand

Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
10.82
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
579
6.75
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.03
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.5
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1203
27
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2316
27
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
401
9
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
772
9
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.3
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
648
14.54
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.12
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
16.23
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
1.43
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
706
15.85
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
1.38
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.65
97.65
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.93
95.93
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.465
1.465
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.38
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Babe Adams and Brad Hand

Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
482
261.01
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
579
3993.1
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1108
600
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
87
600
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1019
551.81
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
72
496.55
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
116.97
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
90.43
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
16.79
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.12
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.62
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
26.53
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74.48
40.33
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
1.17
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
286
154.87
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
146.21
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.424
0.424
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
42.78
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
40.61
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
4
27.59
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
81.77
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
6
41.38
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79.66
43.14
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.25
-29.32
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
28.7
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
194
105.05
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
151.72
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.71
5.71
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
3.95
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
18.95
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
103.45
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.08
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA