Brad Lesley vs. Taijuan Walker — Career Comparison

Brad Lesley
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Taijuan Walker
MillenialLouisianaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Taijuan 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. Brad Lesley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.86 and WHIP 1.313 compared to 4.18 and 1.297 for Taijuan Walker. 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 Taijuan Walker

Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
1.77
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
1.62
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.54
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.03
52.03
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.63
91.63
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.75
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.86
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
594
4.18
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
27
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3834
27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.1
9
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1278
9
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
7.59
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1211
8.53
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.53
8.53
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.87
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
1.31
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
3.61
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.06
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.62
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
5.72
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1088
7.66
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.72
5.72
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.66
7.66
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.037
1.037
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.191
1.191
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.19
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
37.2
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5423
38.19
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.73
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
4.11
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
654
4.61
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.23
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.87
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
0.65
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.287
1.287
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
32.85
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4883
34.39
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.2
37.2
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.19
38.19

Fielding Stats for Brad Lesley and Taijuan Walker

Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
1.77
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
1.62
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
27
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3834
27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.1
9
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1278
9
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.37
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.64
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.37
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
1.28
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.87
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
2.04
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.74
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
1.92
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.46
94.46
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.088
1.088
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.63
91.63
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Lesley and Taijuan Walker

Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
8100
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
1270.59
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
119
600
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
564.71
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.416
0.416
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
90.76
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
75.63
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.08
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.04
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.13
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
45.83
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.07
20.53
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
115.97
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
105.88
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.388
0.388
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.298
0.298
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
30.25
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
35.29
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
60.5
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
66.94
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.62
8.18
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.04
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.08
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
54
272.27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.2
2.2
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Taijuan Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
20.17
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.13
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Taijuan Walker
Career
Per 600 PA