Tim Hudson vs. Brad Lesley — Career Comparison

Tim Hudson
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Brad Lesley
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tim Hudson built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Lesley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tim Hudson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.49 and WHIP 1.266 compared to 3.86 and 1.313 for Brad Lesley. By the career numbers, Tim Hudson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tim Hudson and Brad Lesley

Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
1.39
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
1.38
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
0.64
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
0.38
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.54
62.54
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.38
99.38
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.75
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1213
3.49
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
3.86
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9380
27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
27
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126.2
9
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.1
9
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2957
8.51
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
7.59
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.51
8.51
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
0.71
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.87
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
917
2.64
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
3.61
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.24
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.62
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2080
5.99
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
5.72
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.99
5.99
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.72
5.72
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.959
0.959
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.037
1.037
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.24
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.36
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13005
37.43
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
37.2
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.73
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1319
3.8
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
4.11
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.33
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.18
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
0.96
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.87
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.239
1.239
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.244
1.244
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11787
33.93
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
32.85
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.43
37.43
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.2
37.2

Fielding Stats for Tim Hudson and Brad Lesley

Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
1.39
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
1.38
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9380
27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
27
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126.2
9
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.1
9
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
0.74
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.37
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
1.42
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.37
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.07
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
774
2.23
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.87
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
2.16
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.74
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.9
96.9
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.556
1.556
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.38
99.38
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.1
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tim Hudson and Brad Lesley

Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
489
413.24
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
8100
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
710
600
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
613
518.03
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
98
82.82
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
62.54
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
16.06
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.85
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.38
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
20.28
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25.86
21.86
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
45.83
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
131
110.7
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
126
106.48
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
29.58
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
35.49
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
61.69
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.36
14.67
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
66.94
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
21.97
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
190
160.56
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.74
3.74
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
56.62
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
10.14
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA