Ray Herbert vs. Brad Lidge — Career Comparison

Ray Herbert
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Brad Lidge
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Ray Herbert built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Lidge as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brad Lidge led in strikeout rate (K%+ 144 vs 78), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 108 vs 96), and home run suppression (HR9+ 95 vs 85). Ray Herbert held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 157 vs 84). Role difference aside, Brad Lidge holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ray Herbert and Brad Lidge

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
1.95
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
9
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
1.13
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.5
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.39
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
0.51
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.48
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.29
49.29
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.83
44.83
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.99
57.99
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.33
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
3.36
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
839
4.01
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
3.54
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.221
0.221
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5644
27
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1810
27
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1881.1
9
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
603.1
9
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2000
9.57
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
7.34
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.34
7.34
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
0.8
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.85
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
2.73
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
4.28
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.19
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.61
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
864
4.13
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
799
11.92
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.92
11.92
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.12
2.12
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.763
0.763
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.18
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.69
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.11
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.51
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8010
38.32
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2589
38.62
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.35
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
5.49
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
927
4.43
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
3.83
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.48
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.16
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.42
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.367
1.367
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.291
1.291
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7415
35.47
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2225
33.19
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.28
2.28
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.32
38.32
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.62
38.62

Fielding Stats for Ray Herbert and Brad Lidge

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
2.08
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
9
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
1.18
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5280
27
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1810
27
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1760
9
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
603.1
9
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.64
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.34
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.99
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.72
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.07
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
2.7
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.13
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
2.63
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.06
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.54
97.54
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.42
93.42
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.118
0.118
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.51
56.51
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Herbert and Brad Lidge

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
408
374.31
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
603
51685.71
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
654
600
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
569
522.02
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.564
0.564
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
100
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
73.39
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
19.27
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.42
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
26.61
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38.96
35.74
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
68.16
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
140.37
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
140.37
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.517
0.517
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
42.2
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
46.79
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
82.57
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37.1
34.04
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
68.25
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.83
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
38.53
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
133
122.02
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.92
4.92
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
33.94
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.67
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
13
11.93
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA