Brad Lesley vs. Luke Walker — Career Comparison

Brad Lesley
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Luke Walker
Silent GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Luke Walker 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. Luke Walker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.65 and WHIP 1.454 compared to 3.86 and 1.313 for Brad Lesley. By the career numbers, Luke Walker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brad Lesley and Luke Walker

Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
243
2.65
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.09
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.49
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Luke Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.51
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.91
48.91
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.15
41.15
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.17
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.75
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.1
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
3.86
Luke Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
3.65
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Luke Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Luke Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.246
0.246
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
27
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2474
27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.1
9
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
824.2
9
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
7.59
Luke Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
763
8.33
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Luke Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.33
8.33
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.87
Luke Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.47
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Luke Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
3.61
Luke Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
4.45
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.62
Luke Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.31
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Luke Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
5.72
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
6.09
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.72
5.72
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.09
6.09
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.037
1.037
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.171
1.171
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Luke Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.45
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Luke Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.11
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
37.2
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3559
38.84
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.73
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.56
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
4.11
Luke Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
375
4.09
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Luke Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.27
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Luke Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.2
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.87
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.28
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Luke Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
32.85
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3098
33.81
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Luke Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Luke Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.2
37.2
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.84
38.84

Fielding Stats for Brad Lesley and Luke Walker

Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
243
2.65
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.09
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
27
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2478
27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.1
9
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
826
9
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.37
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
1.31
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Luke Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.12
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.87
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
1.7
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.74
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
1.58
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Luke Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.95
92.95
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.597
0.597
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.15
41.15
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.11
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luke Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luke Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luke Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luke Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Lesley and Luke Walker

Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
8100
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
243
668.81
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
218
600
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
517.43
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Luke Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Luke Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
30.28
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
30.28
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luke Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luke Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luke Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luke Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luke Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luke Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luke Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
45.83
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.22
3.37
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
30.28
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
63.3
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Luke Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Luke Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Luke Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luke Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Luke Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.066
0.066
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Luke Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Luke Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.01
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
19.27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
30.28
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
66.94
Luke Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
-8.41
-23.14
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luke Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
33.03
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luke Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Luke Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
107
294.5
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.04
2.04
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Luke Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
49.54
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luke Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Luke Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.75
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luke Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luke Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luke Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Luke Walker
Career
Per 600 PA