Dave Downs vs. Brad Lidge — Career Comparison

Dave Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brad Lidge
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Dave Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Lidge as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dave Downs posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.74 and WHIP 1.217 compared to 3.54 and 1.359 for Brad Lidge. By the career numbers, Dave Downs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dave Downs and Brad Lidge

Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
9
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.39
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.48
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.83
44.83
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
3.36
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
3.54
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.221
0.221
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1810
27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
603.1
9
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
9.78
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
7.34
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.78
9.78
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.34
7.34
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.85
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
287
4.28
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.61
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
799
11.92
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.92
11.92
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.69
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.51
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
34.83
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2589
38.62
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
5.49
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
3.83
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.48
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.16
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.42
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.291
1.291
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
33.26
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2225
33.19
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.83
34.83
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.62
38.62

Fielding Stats for Dave Downs and Brad Lidge

Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
9
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1810
27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
603.1
9
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.34
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.72
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
1.13
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.06
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.42
93.42
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.118
0.118
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dave Downs and Brad Lidge

Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
300
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
603
51685.71
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
600
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
600
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
34.02
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
68.16
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
2
171.43
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.56
41.68
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
68.25
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
300
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA