Brad Lidge vs. Jake Weimer — Career Comparison

Brad Lidge
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jake Weimer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jake Weimer 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. Jake Weimer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.23 and WHIP 1.168 compared to 3.54 and 1.359 for Brad Lidge. By the career numbers, Jake Weimer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brad Lidge and Jake Weimer

Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
9
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
1.17
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.1
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.39
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.59
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.48
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.42
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.83
44.83
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.43
58.43
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.24
94.24
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.87
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.13
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
3.36
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
3.54
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
2.23
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.221
0.221
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.227
0.227
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1810
27
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4418
27
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
603.1
9
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1472.2
9
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
7.34
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1227
7.5
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.34
7.34
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.85
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
4.28
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
3.01
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.61
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
799
11.92
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
657
4.02
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.92
11.92
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.781
0.781
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.69
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.16
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.51
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.45
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2589
38.62
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5971
36.49
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
5.49
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
257
3.83
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
3.12
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.48
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.16
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.42
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.291
1.291
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.168
1.168
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2225
33.19
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5405
33.03
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.62
38.62
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.49
36.49

Fielding Stats for Brad Lidge and Jake Weimer

Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
9
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
1.17
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.9
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1810
27
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4419
27
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
603.1
9
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1473
9
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.34
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.75
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.72
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
2.46
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.2
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.13
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
3.4
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.06
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
524
3.2
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.42
93.42
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.24
94.24
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.118
0.118
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.744
2.744
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.96
76.96
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Lidge and Jake Weimer

Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
603
51685.71
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
192
197.26
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
584
600
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
540
554.79
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.53
0.53
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
118.15
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
104.79
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
11.3
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.03
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.03
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
13.36
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
68.16
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35.2
36.17
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
131
134.59
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
151.03
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
47.26
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
36.99
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
83.22
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
68.25
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39.52
40.6
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.08
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
29.79
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
101.71
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.9
5.9
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12.33
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.11
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.11
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100