Lem Cross vs. Brad Hennessey — Career Comparison

Lem Cross
Pre-GenerationalNew HampshireThrows RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Brad Hennessey
Gen XOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Brad Hennessey built a career as a starting pitcher and Lem Cross as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brad Hennessey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.69 and WHIP 1.508 compared to 7.66 and 2.000 for Lem Cross. By the career numbers, Brad Hennessey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lem Cross and Brad Hennessey

Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.34
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
3.69
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.22
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
1.1
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.36
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.42
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.73
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.57
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.5
42.5
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.91
90.91
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.73
29.73
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.61
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.5
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
7.66
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
4.69
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.66
7.66
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.69
4.69
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.58
8.58
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.354
0.354
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
27
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1082
27
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
9
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360.2
9
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
14.35
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
9.73
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.35
14.35
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.73
9.73
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.46
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.1
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.65
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
3.67
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.19
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
4.79
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.64
1.64
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.649
0.649
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.25
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.61
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.45
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
44.76
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1595
39.8
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.17
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
10.82
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
5.02
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.82
10.82
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.47
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.9
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.489
1.489
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
40.5
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1404
35.04
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.09
8.09
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.76
44.76
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.8
39.8

Fielding Stats for Lem Cross and Brad Hennessey

Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.34
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
3.69
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.1
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
27
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1082
27
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
9
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360.2
9
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.85
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.7
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
1.15
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.07
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
2.02
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.95
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
2
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.77
98.77
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.455
1.455
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.541
0.541
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.73
29.73
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lem Cross and Brad Hennessey

Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
12
205.71
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
934.02
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
35
600
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
600
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
548.57
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
544.33
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.671
0.671
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.611
0.611
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
137.14
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
123.71
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
92.78
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
18.56
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.37
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
34.29
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
30.93
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.66
62.82
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.25
44.84
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
188.57
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
179.38
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
188.57
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
129.9
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.314
0.314
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.658
0.658
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.563
0.563
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.102
0.102
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.456
0.456
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
37.11
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
49.48
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
137.14
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
74.23
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.05
69.45
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.45
46.09
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.19
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
85.71
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
27
167.01
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
3.59
3.59
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
43.3
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.19
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.19
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.19
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100