Brad Hand vs. Lew Richie — Career Comparison

Brad Hand
MillenialMinnesotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Lew Richie
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lew Richie 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. Lew Richie posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.54 and WHIP 1.240 compared to 3.75 and 1.290 for Brad Hand. By the career numbers, Lew Richie had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brad Hand and Lew Richie

Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
1.6
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.5
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.9
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.47
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.49
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.64
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.43
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.24
53.24
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.43
56.43
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.57
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.13
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.54
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
322
3.75
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
2.54
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.243
0.243
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
2316
27
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4078
27
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
772
9
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1359.1
9
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
7.85
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1190
7.88
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.93
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
3.46
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
3.28
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.3
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
782
9.12
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
438
2.9
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.9
2.9
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.686
0.686
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.34
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.17
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.54
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.21
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3266
38.08
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5422
35.9
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
2.96
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.52
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
4.15
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
544
3.6
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.35
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.64
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.257
1.257
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.24
1.24
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2871
33.47
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4895
32.41
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.9
35.9

Fielding Stats for Brad Hand and Lew Richie

Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
2.7
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.5
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.85
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
2316
27
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2412
27
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
772
9
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
804
9
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.64
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.12
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
3.66
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
1.43
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
4.59
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
1.38
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
4.3
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.93
95.93
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.66
93.66
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.593
1.593
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.54
31.54
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.11
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Hand and Lew Richie

Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Lew Richie
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
579
3993.1
Lew Richie
Career
Per 600 PA
241
299.38
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
87
600
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
483
600
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
72
496.55
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
443
550.31
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
80.75
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
62.11
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
11.18
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.45
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
18.63
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
1.17
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.96
22.32
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
106.83
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
111.8
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
33.54
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
27.59
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
26.09
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
6
41.38
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
59.63
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.25
-29.32
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.62
15.68
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
31.06
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
151.72
Lew Richie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
96
119.25
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
3.95
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.03
5.03
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
103.45
Lew Richie
Career
Per 600 PA
15
18.63
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.48
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.48
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100