Brad Hand vs. Orel Hershiser — Career Comparison

Brad Hand
MillenialMinnesotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Orel Hershiser
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerAll-Star

Orel Hershiser 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. Orel Hershiser led in skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 95 vs 87), strikeout rate (K%+ 83 vs 76), and run prevention (ERA+ 102 vs 98). Brad Hand held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 121 vs 112). Role difference aside, Orel Hershiser holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Brad Hand and Orel Hershiser

Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
510
1.47
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.5
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
1.34
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.47
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
0.59
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.64
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.43
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.63
57.63
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.37
91.37
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.2
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.07
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.54
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
322
3.75
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1211
3.48
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
2316
27
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9391
27
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
772
9
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130.1
9
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
7.85
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2939
8.45
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.45
8.45
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.93
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
0.68
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
3.46
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1007
2.9
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.3
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.31
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
782
9.12
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2014
5.79
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.965
0.965
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.34
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.35
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.54
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.34
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.07
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3266
38.08
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13150
37.81
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
2.96
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.05
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
4.15
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1366
3.93
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.35
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.36
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.21
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.64
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
0.9
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.257
1.257
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.261
1.261
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
2871
33.47
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11829
34.01
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.81
37.81

Fielding Stats for Brad Hand and Orel Hershiser

Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
510
1.47
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.5
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
1.34
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
2316
27
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9391
27
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
772
9
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130.1
9
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
0.95
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.12
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
569
1.64
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.15
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
1.43
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
952
2.74
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
1.38
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
901
2.59
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.93
95.93
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.64
94.64
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.767
1.767
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.57
91.57
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.13
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Hand and Orel Hershiser

Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
579
3993.1
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 600 PA
521
329.4
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
87
600
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
949
600
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
72
496.55
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
810
512.12
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.547
0.547
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
103.06
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
83.46
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
18.34
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.26
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
19.6
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
1.17
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44.77
28.31
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
196
123.92
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
123.29
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.472
0.472
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.359
0.359
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
41.1
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
4
27.59
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
31.61
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
6
41.38
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
72.71
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.25
-29.32
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47.1
29.78
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.16
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
17.07
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
151.72
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
182
115.07
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
3.95
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.21
5.21
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
103.45
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
63.86
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.79
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.43
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
5.06
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.9
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
6.95
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72.73
72.73