Brad Lesley vs. Cesar Vargas — Career Comparison

Brad Lesley
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cesar Vargas
MillenialMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cesar Vargas 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. Brad Lesley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.86 and WHIP 1.313 compared to 5.03 and 1.676 for Cesar Vargas. By the career numbers, Brad Lesley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brad Lesley and Cesar Vargas

Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.85
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.85
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.75
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.86
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
5.03
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.95
5.95
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
27
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72.1
9
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
7.59
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
10.85
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.85
10.85
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.87
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.32
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
3.61
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.97
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.62
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
5.72
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
7.41
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.72
5.72
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.41
7.41
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.037
1.037
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
37.2
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
40.76
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.73
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
4.11
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
5.03
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.25
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.87
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.647
1.647
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
32.85
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
36
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.2
37.2
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.76
40.76

Fielding Stats for Brad Lesley and Cesar Vargas

Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.85
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.85
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
27
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72.1
9
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.37
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.06
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.37
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.91
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.87
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.97
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.74
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.97
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.143
2.143
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Lesley and Cesar Vargas

Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
8100
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
7
466.67
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
600
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
533.33
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
45.83
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
66.94
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.82
-54.81
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
333.33
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.8
1.8
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA