Mat Latos vs. Brad Lesley — Career Comparison

Mat Latos
MillenialVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brad Lesley
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mat Latos 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. Mat Latos posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.64 and WHIP 1.232 compared to 3.86 and 1.313 for Brad Lesley. By the career numbers, Mat Latos had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mat Latos and Brad Lesley

Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
1.54
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
1.47
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.55
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Mat Latos
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.46
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.62
54.62
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.94
95.94
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mat Latos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.75
Mat Latos
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
3.64
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
3.86
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Mat Latos
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Mat Latos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460
27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
27
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1153.1
9
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.1
9
Mat Latos
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
8.13
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
7.59
Mat Latos
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.13
8.13
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Mat Latos
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.91
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.87
Mat Latos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Mat Latos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Mat Latos
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
2.75
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
3.61
Mat Latos
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.2
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.62
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1011
7.89
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
5.72
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.72
5.72
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.13
5.13
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.037
1.037
Mat Latos
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.27
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Mat Latos
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.17
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mat Latos
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4791
37.39
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
37.2
Mat Latos
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.73
Mat Latos
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
3.93
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
4.11
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Mat Latos
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.41
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Mat Latos
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.2
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.52
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.87
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.244
1.244
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4338
33.85
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
32.85
Mat Latos
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Mat Latos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.39
37.39
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.2
37.2

Fielding Stats for Mat Latos and Brad Lesley

Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
1.54
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
1.47
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460
27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
27
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1153.1
9
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.1
9
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.7
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.37
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
1.05
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.37
Mat Latos
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
1.78
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.87
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
1.75
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.74
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.25
98.25
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.94
95.94
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mat Latos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mat Latos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mat Latos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mat Latos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mat Latos and Brad Lesley

Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
197
311.87
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
8100
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
379
600
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
327
517.68
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Mat Latos
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mat Latos
Career
Per 600 PA
0.422
0.422
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
68.07
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
52.24
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
9.5
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mat Latos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.33
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
15.83
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.73
16.99
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
45.83
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
96.57
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
80.74
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Mat Latos
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mat Latos
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mat Latos
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mat Latos
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Mat Latos
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mat Latos
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
23.75
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
23.75
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
41.16
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.07
1.69
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
66.94
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.17
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
9.5
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mat Latos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mat Latos
Career
Per 600 PA
148
234.3
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.56
2.56
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
68.07
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Mat Latos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.58
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mat Latos
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.92
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mat Latos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mat Latos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mat Latos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mat Latos
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA