Brad Hand vs. Tom Richardson — Career Comparison

Brad Hand
MillenialMinnesotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Tom Richardson
Greatest GenerationFloridaThrows RightNorth AmericaWashington PilotsEast-West LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tom Richardson 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. Brad Hand posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.75 and WHIP 1.290 compared to 5.45 and 1.549 for Tom Richardson. By the career numbers, Brad Hand had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brad Hand and Tom Richardson

Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.42
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.5
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.23
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.47
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.49
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.64
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.54
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.62
47.62
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.21
86.21
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.88
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.54
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
3.75
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
5.45
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2316
27
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
550
27
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
772
9
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
183.1
9
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
7.85
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
10.95
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.95
10.95
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.93
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.25
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
3.46
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
2.99
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.3
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
782
9.12
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
4.07
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.34
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.54
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3266
38.08
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
841
41.29
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
2.96
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
4.15
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
6.58
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.58
6.58
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.35
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.88
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.64
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.69
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.257
1.257
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.549
1.549
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2871
33.47
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
759
37.26
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.29
41.29

Fielding Stats for Brad Hand and Tom Richardson

Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.42
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.5
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.24
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2316
27
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
610
27
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
772
9
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
203.1
9
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.35
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
1.12
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
2.66
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
1.43
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
3.14
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
1.38
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
3.01
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.93
95.93
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.77
95.77
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.125
2.125
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Hand and Tom Richardson

Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
579
3993.1
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
44
266.67
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
87
600
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
600
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
72
496.55
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
527.27
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.722
0.722
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
127.27
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
84.85
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
18.18
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.06
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
18.18
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
42.42
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
1.17
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.97
66.51
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
212.12
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
169.7
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.402
0.402
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
72.73
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
4
27.59
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
84.85
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
6
41.38
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
139.39
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.25
-29.32
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.74
71.12
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
42.42
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
22
151.72
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
3.95
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
103.45
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
30.3
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA