Brad Lidge vs. Mike Thompson — Career Comparison

Brad Lidge
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Mike Thompson
Gen XColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Thompson built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Lidge as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brad Lidge posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.54 and WHIP 1.359 compared to 5.27 and 1.533 for Mike Thompson. By the career numbers, Brad Lidge had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brad Lidge and Mike Thompson

Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
9
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.17
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.34
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.39
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.48
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.5
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.83
44.83
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
3.36
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
3.54
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
5.27
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.221
0.221
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1810
27
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
27
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
603.1
9
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
107.2
9
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
7.34
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
10.2
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.34
7.34
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
10.2
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.85
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.25
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
287
4.28
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
3.09
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.61
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.5
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
799
11.92
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
3.34
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.92
11.92
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.715
0.715
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.69
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.51
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.84
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2589
38.62
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
40.12
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
5.49
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.5
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
3.83
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
5.93
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.48
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.59
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.16
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.42
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.17
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.291
1.291
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.477
1.477
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2225
33.19
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
35.19
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.62
38.62
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12

Fielding Stats for Brad Lidge and Mike Thompson

Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
9
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.17
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.34
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1810
27
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
27
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
603.1
9
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
107.2
9
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.34
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.84
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.72
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.42
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
1.13
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.51
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.06
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.26
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.42
93.42
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.118
0.118
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.039
1.039
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Lidge and Mike Thompson

Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
603
51685.71
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
26
503.23
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
600
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
522.58
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
77.42
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
77.42
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
68.16
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.68
13.19
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
77.42
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
96.77
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.327
0.327
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
68.25
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
6.66
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
19.35
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
251.61
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA