Brad Hand vs. Jim Roberts — Career Comparison

Brad Hand
MillenialMinnesotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jim Roberts
Lost GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Roberts 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 7.18 and 1.899 for Jim Roberts. 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 Jim Roberts

Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
4.1
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.5
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.71
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.47
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.64
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.03
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.11
42.11
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.67
41.67
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.54
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
3.75
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
7.18
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.18
7.18
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.01
7.01
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2316
27
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
27
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
772
9
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.1
9
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
7.85
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
14.35
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.35
14.35
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.93
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.34
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
3.46
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.73
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.3
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
782
9.12
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
3.42
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.684
0.684
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.34
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.54
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.68
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3266
38.08
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
44.09
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
2.96
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.37
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
4.15
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
9.91
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.91
9.91
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.35
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.64
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.257
1.257
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.899
1.899
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2871
33.47
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
40.67
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.09
44.09

Fielding Stats for Brad Hand and Jim Roberts

Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.5
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2316
27
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
772
9
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.26
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.12
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.43
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.38
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.93
95.93
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.204
0.204
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.583
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Hand and Jim Roberts

Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
579
3993.1
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
12
900
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
600
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
496.55
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
525
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
1.17
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
21.24
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.79
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
27.59
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
41.38
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.25
-29.32
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
23.13
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
22
151.72
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
3.95
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
103.45
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Jim Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA