What years did Brad Lidge play?

Brad Lidge played in Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2012.

Was Brad Lidge a pitcher?

Yes. Brad Lidge pitched in the major leagues, recording 26 wins and 799 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Brad Lidge hit?

Brad Lidge hit 0 career home runs with 2 hits.

What was Brad Lidge's career batting average?

Brad Lidge batted .286 over his career, with 2 hits in 7 at bats.

How many RBI did Brad Lidge have?

Brad Lidge drove in 2 runs in his career.

What was Brad Lidge's career ERA?

Brad Lidge finished with a 3.54 career ERA, going 26-32 with 799 strikeouts.

Brad Lidge

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2002-2012)

Brad Lidge was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2012 for the Houston Astros, the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Washington Nationals, a span of 11 seasons. Across 603 career appearances, he went 26-32 with a 3.54 ERA, 799 strikeouts, and 225 saves. Brad Lidge was a 2-time All-Star and a Reliever of the Year. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 17126.2.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 26–32

ERA 3.54

WHIP 1.29

SO 799

Pitcher PIV 17126.2

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'5" / 210 lb
Born: 12/23/1976 in Sacramento, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 2002-04-26
Last Game: 2012-06-16
Awards: 2× All-Star · Reliever of the Year

Full name: Bradley Thomas Lidge

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Career Pitching Statistics

Brad Lidge — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
26	32	603	1	0	0	225	603.1	492	237	57	287	799	3.54	17126.2

Career ERA 3.54 vs. league average 4.28 across their career seasons — 17.5% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Brad Lidge Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2002	HOU	NL	1	0	6	1	0	8.2	12	6	9	12	6.23	—	0.0
2003	HOU	NL	6	3	78	0	1	85.0	60	34	42	97	3.60	4.40 (+18%)	2322.3
2004	HOU	NL	6	5	80	0	29	94.2	57	20	30	157	1.90	4.46 (+57%)	6014.7
2005	HOU	NL	4	4	70	0	42	70.2	58	18	23	103	2.29	4.29 (+47%)	3875.8
2006	HOU	NL	1	5	78	0	32	75.0	69	44	36	104	5.28	4.53 (-17%)	1409.1
2007	HOU	NL	5	3	66	0	19	67.0	54	25	30	88	3.36	4.47 (+25%)	1004.8
2008	PHI	NL	2	0	72	0	41	69.1	50	15	35	92	1.95	4.32 (+55%)	3363.1
2009	PHI	NL	0	8	67	0	31	58.2	72	47	34	61	7.21	4.32 (-67%)	-1653.8
2010	PHI	NL	1	1	50	0	27	45.2	32	15	24	52	2.96	4.08 (+28%)	244.8
2011	PHI	NL	0	2	25	0	1	19.1	16	3	13	23	1.40	3.94 (+65%)	545.4
2012	WAS	NL	0	1	11	0	2	9.1	12	10	11	10	9.64	4.01 (-140%)	0.0
Career · 11 seasons			26	32	603	1	225	603.1	492	237	287	799	3.54	—	17,126

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Brad Lidge — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
603	7	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	.286	.286	.429	.714	0

Career AVG .286 vs. league average .262 across their career seasons — +8.9% above league average.

Career OBP .286 vs. league average .330 across their career seasons — 13.5% below league average.

Career SLG .429 vs. league average .417 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OPS .714 vs. league average .747 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Brad Lidge Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	H	2B	RBI	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2002	HOU	NL	6	2	2	1	2	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	HOU	NL	78	4	0	0	0	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	HOU	NL	80	1	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	HOU	NL	70	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	HOU	NL	78	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	HOU	NL	66	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	PHI	NL	72	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	PHI	NL	67	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	PHI	NL	50	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	PHI	NL	25	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	WAS	NL	11	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 11 seasons			603	7	2	1	2	4	.286	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Brad Lidge — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Brad Lidge — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2011	NLDS1	PHI	3	.000
2010	NLCS	PHI	3	.000
2010	NLDS1	PHI	1	.000
2009	NLCS	PHI	3	.000
2009	NLDS2	PHI	2	.000
2009	WS	PHI	1	.000
2008	NLCS	PHI	4	.000
2008	NLDS2	PHI	3	.000
2008	WS	PHI	2	.000
2005	NLCS	HOU	4	.000
2005	NLDS2	HOU	3	.000
2005	WS	HOU	3	.000
2004	NLCS	HOU	4	.000
2004	NLDS2	HOU	3	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Brad Lidge — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	4	39	0	18	45.1	32	11	19	62	2.18

Playoff Pitching by Year

Brad Lidge — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2011	NLDS1	PHI	0	0	3	0	2.0	2	0	1	1	0.00
2010	NLCS	PHI	0	0	3	1	3.0	3	0	2	5	0.00
2010	NLDS1	PHI	0	0	1	1	1.0	0	0	1	0	0.00
2009	NLCS	PHI	1	0	3	1	2.2	1	0	1	3	0.00
2009	NLDS2	PHI	0	0	2	2	1.1	0	0	2	1	0.00
2009	WS	PHI	0	1	1	0	1.0	3	3	0	1	27.00
2008	NLCS	PHI	0	0	4	3	4.1	2	0	2	6	0.00
2008	NLDS2	PHI	0	0	3	2	3.0	3	1	1	4	3.00
2008	WS	PHI	0	0	2	2	2.0	1	0	0	3	0.00
2005	NLCS	HOU	0	1	4	3	5.0	6	4	2	7	7.20
2005	NLDS2	HOU	0	0	3	0	4.0	2	0	4	5	0.00
2005	WS	HOU	0	2	3	0	3.2	4	2	0	6	4.91
2004	NLCS	HOU	1	0	4	2	8.0	1	0	2	14	0.00
2004	NLDS2	HOU	0	0	3	1	4.1	4	1	1	6	2.08

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Brad Lidge — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	322	1	0	0	0	0	.000
Away	281	6	0	2	0	2	.333

Pitching — Home / Away

Brad Lidge — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	322	316.2	266	133	128	406	3.78
Away	281	286.2	226	104	159	393	3.27

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Brad Lidge — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2012-06-16	WAS	NYY	L	0.2	3	2	2	1	2	0
2012-06-15	WAS	NYY	—	0.1	1	3	3	2	0	0
2012-06-13	WAS	TOR	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2012-06-08	WAS	BOS	—	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0
2012-04-21	WAS	MIA	—	1.0	1	2	2	3	0	1
2012-04-17	WAS	HOU	SV	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0
2012-04-15	WAS	CIN	—	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0
2012-04-13	WAS	CIN	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2012-04-12	WAS	CIN	—	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0
2012-04-10	WAS	NYN	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Brad Lidge — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	603	1	23	48	5	4

Season-by-Season Fielding

Brad Lidge — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2002	HOU	P	6	1	0	2	0	0
2003	HOU	P	78	0	2	4	0	0
2004	HOU	P	80	0	2	2	0	1
2005	HOU	P	70	0	2	4	1	0
2006	HOU	P	78	0	5	6	2	0
2007	HOU	P	66	0	3	4	0	1
2008	PHI	P	72	0	3	7	0	1
2009	PHI	P	67	0	4	8	2	1
2010	PHI	P	50	0	1	8	0	0
2011	PHI	P	25	0	1	2	0	0
2012	WAS	P	11	0	0	1	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Brad Lidge Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	603

Awards & Honors

Brad Lidge — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2008	Comeback Player of the Year
2008	Reliever of the Year Award
2008	TSN Reliever of the Year
2008	This Year in Baseball Closer of the Year	MLB.com GIBBY
2005	Reliever of the Month	July

Salary History

Brad Lidge — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2012	WAS	NL	$1,000,000
2011	PHI	NL	$12,000,000
2010	PHI	NL	$12,000,000
2009	PHI	NL	$12,000,000
2008	PHI	NL	$6,350,000
2007	HOU	NL	$5,350,000
2006	HOU	NL	$3,975,000
2005	HOU	NL	$500,000
2004	HOU	NL	$360,000
2003	HOU	NL	$300,000
Total Career Earnings			$53,835,000

College History

Brad Lidge — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Notre Dame	South Bend	IN	1996, 1997, 1998

Award Voting History

Brad Lidge — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2008	Cy Young Award	NL	4th	10.0	160	0
2008	Most Valuable Player	NL	8th	104.0	448	2
2005	Most Valuable Player	NL	30th	1.0	448	0
2004	Cy Young Award	NL	8th	1.0	160	0
2003	Rookie of the Year	NL	5th	3.0	160	0

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Brad Lidge: the record in brief

According to the bio, Brad Lidge debuted on April 26, 2002 and played a final game on June 16, 2012. By club, Lidge's seasons break down as the Houston Astros (2002 to 2007), the Philadelphia Phillies (2008 to 2011), and the Washington Nationals (2012). Born on December 23, 1976, in Sacramento, CA, USA, Lidge is listed as a pitcher and batted and threw right-handed. Lidge's listed size is 6-foot-5 and 210 pounds. The bio lists the given name Bradley Thomas.

The pitching table credits Lidge with a 26-32 record and a 3.54 ERA in 603 games. The totals include 799 strikeouts and 225 saves. That 3.54 ERA compares with a 4.28 league average across the same seasons, 17.5% better. Lidge won 6 games in 2003, the most of any season listed. 2004 produced Lidge's most strikeouts, 157. The most saves in one season was 42, in 2005. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 1.90 in 2004, when the league's was 4.46.

Frequently Asked Questions about Brad Lidge

What years did Brad Lidge play?: Brad Lidge played in Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2012.
Was Brad Lidge a pitcher?: Yes. Brad Lidge pitched in the major leagues, recording 26 wins and 799 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Brad Lidge hit?: Brad Lidge hit 0 career home runs with 2 hits.
What was Brad Lidge's career batting average?: Brad Lidge batted .286 over his career, with 2 hits in 7 at bats.
How many RBI did Brad Lidge have?: Brad Lidge drove in 2 runs in his career.
What was Brad Lidge's career ERA?: Brad Lidge finished with a 3.54 career ERA, going 26-32 with 799 strikeouts.