Brad Lesley vs. Virgil Trucks — Career Comparison

Brad Lesley
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Virgil Trucks
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Virgil Trucks 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. Virgil Trucks posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.39 and WHIP 1.313 compared to 3.86 and 1.313 for Brad Lesley. By the career numbers, Virgil Trucks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brad Lesley and Virgil Trucks

Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
517
1.73
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
1.1
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
0.59
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
0.45
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.73
56.73
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.44
63.44
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.42
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.11
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.75
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.1
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
3.86
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1009
3.39
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.236
0.236
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
27
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8047
27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.1
9
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2682.1
9
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
7.59
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2416
8.11
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.11
8.11
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.87
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.63
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
3.61
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1088
3.65
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.62
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.06
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
5.72
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1534
5.15
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.72
5.72
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.037
1.037
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.978
0.978
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.21
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.16
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
37.2
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11378
38.18
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.73
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
0.38
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
4.11
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1124
3.77
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.87
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.306
1.306
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
32.85
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10243
34.37
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.2
37.2
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.18
38.18

Fielding Stats for Brad Lesley and Virgil Trucks

Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
517
6.31
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
27
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2212
27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.1
9
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
737.1
9
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.37
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
1.9
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.37
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
5.13
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.33
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.87
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
7.36
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.74
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
576
7.03
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.52
95.52
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.114
1.114
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.86
15.86
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.17
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Lesley and Virgil Trucks

Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
8100
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
517
307.43
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1009
600
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
949
564.32
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.435
0.435
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
171
101.68
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
145
86.22
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
13.68
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.59
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.19
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
15.46
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
45.83
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32.02
19.04
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
120.12
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
182
108.23
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.402
0.402
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
37.46
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
41.63
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
131
77.9
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
66.94
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.54
12.21
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.19
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
5.35
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
153
90.98
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.59
6.59
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
27.35
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.78
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
31
18.43
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.59
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.59
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.19
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50