Bert Cole vs. Brad Lesley — Career Comparison

Bert Cole
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brad Lesley
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bert Cole 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 4.67 and 1.593 for Bert Cole. By the career numbers, Brad Lesley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bert Cole and Brad Lesley

Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
2.63
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.68
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.42
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.48
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.99
25.99
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.75
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
4.67
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.86
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1817
27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
27
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605.2
9
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.1
9
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
735
10.92
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
7.59
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.39
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.87
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.42
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
3.61
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.62
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
1.77
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
5.72
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.77
1.77
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.72
5.72
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.576
0.576
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.037
1.037
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.28
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2742
40.75
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
37.2
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
1.23
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.73
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
5.84
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
4.11
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.87
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.593
1.593
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2493
37.05
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
32.85
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.75
40.75
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.2
37.2

Fielding Stats for Bert Cole and Brad Lesley

Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
27
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.1
9
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.37
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.87
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.74
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.133
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bert Cole and Brad Lesley

Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
536.28
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
8100
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
600
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
544.25
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.618
0.618
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
130.09
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
108.85
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.96
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.62
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.24
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.43
48.93
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
45.83
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
167.26
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
164.6
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.307
0.307
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.592
0.592
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.49
0.49
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
76.99
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
47.79
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
122.12
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.14
56.11
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
66.94
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
29.2
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
36
95.58
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.28
6.28
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
21.24
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA