Brad Hand vs. Weldon Henley — Career Comparison

Brad Hand
MillenialMinnesotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Weldon Henley
Pre-GenerationalGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Weldon Henley 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. Weldon Henley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.94 and WHIP 1.207 compared to 3.75 and 1.290 for Brad Hand. By the career numbers, Weldon Henley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brad Hand and Weldon Henley

Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
1.21
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.5
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.01
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.47
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.4
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.64
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.54
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.67
42.67
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.51
83.51
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.77
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.54
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
322
3.75
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.94
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2316
27
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2165
27
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
772
9
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
721.2
9
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
7.85
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
640
7.98
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.98
7.98
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.93
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.15
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
3.46
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
2.88
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.3
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
782
9.12
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
3.85
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.748
0.748
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.34
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.54
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.51
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3266
38.08
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2941
36.68
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
2.96
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.19
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
4.15
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
4.23
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.35
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.64
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.257
1.257
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2871
33.47
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2669
33.29
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.68
36.68

Fielding Stats for Brad Hand and Weldon Henley

Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
1.21
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.5
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.75
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2316
27
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2190
27
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
772
9
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
730
9
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.51
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.12
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
3.3
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.22
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
1.43
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
4.03
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
1.38
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
3.81
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.93
95.93
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.5
94.5
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.153
3.153
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.24
62.24
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Hand and Weldon Henley

Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
579
3993.1
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
99
213.67
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
87
600
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
278
600
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
72
496.55
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
261
563.31
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
103.6
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
79.86
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.74
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.74
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
1.17
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.88
27.79
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
127.34
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
123.02
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.437
0.437
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
38.85
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
4
27.59
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
32.37
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
6
41.38
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
71.22
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.25
-29.32
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.19
24.14
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.16
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
17.27
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
151.72
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
83
179.14
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
3.95
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
3.35
3.35
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
103.45
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
17.27
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.32
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.32
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100