Emery Adams vs. Brad Lesley — Career Comparison

Emery Adams
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star
Brad Lesley
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Emery Adams built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Lesley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brad Lesley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.86 and WHIP 1.313 compared to 4.57 and 1.468 for Emery Adams. By the career numbers, Brad Lesley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Emery Adams and Brad Lesley

Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
1.82
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.19
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.57
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.83
52.83
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.17
65.17
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.53
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.75
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
4.57
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.86
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1318
27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
27
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439.1
9
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.1
9
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
9.28
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
7.59
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.61
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.87
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
3.91
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
3.61
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.62
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
3.93
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
5.72
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.72
5.72
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.872
0.872
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.037
1.037
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.31
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1957
40.09
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
37.2
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.39
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.73
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
281
5.76
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
4.11
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.76
5.76
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.74
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.64
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.87
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1714
35.11
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
32.85
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.09
40.09
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.2
37.2

Fielding Stats for Emery Adams and Brad Lesley

Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
1.65
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.08
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2281
27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
27
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
760.1
9
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.1
9
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.83
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.37
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.63
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.37
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.21
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
2.68
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.87
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.46
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.74
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.04
92.04
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.496
1.496
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.47
65.47
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Emery Adams and Brad Lesley

Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
152
249.86
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
8100
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
365
600
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
342
562.19
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.811
0.811
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.75
0.75
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
193.97
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
159.45
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
26.3
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
8.22
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
34.52
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.66
88.2
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
45.83
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
236.71
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134
220.27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.374
0.374
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.795
0.795
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.667
0.667
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.732
0.732
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
77.26
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
69.04
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
146.3
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61.39
100.92
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
66.94
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
26.3
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
8
13.15
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.63
45.63
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
11.51
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.58
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.58
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA