Brad Hand vs. Jake Thielman — Career Comparison

Brad Hand
MillenialMinnesotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jake Thielman
Pre-GenerationalMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jake Thielman 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. Jake Thielman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.16 and WHIP 1.241 compared to 3.75 and 1.290 for Brad Hand. By the career numbers, Jake Thielman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brad Hand and Jake Thielman

Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.23
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.5
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.06
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.47
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.57
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.64
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.53
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.72
51.72
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.15
86.15
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.93
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.54
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
322
3.75
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
3.16
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2316
27
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1426
27
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
772
9
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
475.1
9
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
7.85
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
483
9.15
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.15
9.15
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.93
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.17
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
3.46
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.03
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.3
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
782
9.12
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
2.99
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.558
0.558
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.34
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.25
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.54
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.44
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3266
38.08
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1942
36.77
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
2.96
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
4.15
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
4.43
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.35
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.64
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.257
1.257
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.241
1.241
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2871
33.47
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1812
34.31
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.77
36.77

Fielding Stats for Brad Hand and Jake Thielman

Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.21
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.5
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
1.04
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2316
27
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1539
27
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
772
9
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
513
9
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.4
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.12
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.74
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.18
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
1.43
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
3.32
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
1.38
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
3.14
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.93
95.93
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.71
94.71
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.594
2.594
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.51
85.51
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Hand and Jake Thielman

Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
579
3993.1
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
70
202.9
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
87
600
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
600
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
72
496.55
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
507.25
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.713
0.713
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
121.74
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
89.86
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.49
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
17.39
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
31.88
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
1.17
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.34
64.74
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
171.01
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
188.41
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.665
0.665
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
78.26
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
4
27.59
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
57.97
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
6
41.38
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
136.23
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.25
-29.32
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.23
70.23
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.8
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
60.87
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
151.72
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
89.86
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
3.95
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.68
6.68
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
103.45
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
9
26.09
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.59
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.59
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100