Brad Lidge vs. Jackson Todd — Career Comparison

Brad Lidge
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jackson Todd
Baby BoomersOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jackson Todd 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 4.4 and 1.388 for Jackson Todd. 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 Jackson Todd

Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
9
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
2.01
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.13
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.39
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.31
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.48
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.5
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.83
44.83
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.25
56.25
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.22
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
3.36
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
3.54
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
4.4
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.221
0.221
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1810
27
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
860
27
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
603.1
9
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
286.2
9
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
7.34
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
9.48
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.34
7.34
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.85
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
1.22
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
287
4.28
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.76
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.61
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.25
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
799
11.92
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
4.33
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.92
11.92
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.788
0.788
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.69
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.35
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.51
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.28
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2589
38.62
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1232
38.68
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
5.49
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.35
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
3.83
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
4.96
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.48
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.28
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.16
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.19
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.42
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.75
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.291
1.291
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2225
33.19
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1120
35.16
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.62
38.62
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.68
38.68

Fielding Stats for Brad Lidge and Jackson Todd

Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
9
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
2.01
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.13
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1810
27
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
860
27
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
603.1
9
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
286.2
9
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.34
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.97
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.72
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.54
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.13
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.64
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.06
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
2.51
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.42
93.42
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.24
95.24
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.118
0.118
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.25
56.25
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Lidge and Jackson Todd

Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
603
51685.71
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
64
2133.33
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
600
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
566.67
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
68.16
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
-0
-0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
68.25
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.13
-37.79
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
266.67
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jackson Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
Jackson Todd
Career
Per 600 PA