Brad Lesley vs. Jesse Whiting — Career Comparison

Brad Lesley
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jesse Whiting
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jesse Whiting 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 4.17 and 1.555 for Jesse Whiting. 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 Jesse Whiting

Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.23
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.74
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.74
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.75
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.86
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
4.17
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
27
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
27
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72.1
9
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.2
9
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
7.59
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
10.31
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.31
10.31
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.87
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
3.61
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.68
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.62
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
5.72
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.21
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.72
5.72
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.037
1.037
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.655
0.655
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
37.2
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
38.54
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.73
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
4.11
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
5.4
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.87
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.555
1.555
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
32.85
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
34.61
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.2
37.2
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.54
38.54

Fielding Stats for Brad Lesley and Jesse Whiting

Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.49
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
27
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72.1
9
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.37
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
3.89
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.87
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
4.14
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.74
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
4.14
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Lesley and Jesse Whiting

Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
8100
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
6
240
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
600
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
600
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
0.587
0.587
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
45.83
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.16
46.52
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
0.533
0.533
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
0.455
0.455
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
66.94
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.41
56.53
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
4
160
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.75
3.75
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Jesse Whiting
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100