Brad Lidge

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

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

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
26 32 603 1 0 0 225 603.3 492 237 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

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2002 HOU NL 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 8.7 12 6 9 12 6.23 — 0.0
2003 HOU NL 6 3 78 0 0 0 1 85.0 60 34 42 97 3.60 4.40 (+18%) 2322.3
2004 HOU NL 6 5 80 0 0 0 29 94.7 57 20 30 157 1.90 4.46 (+57%) 6014.7
2005 HOU NL 4 4 70 0 0 0 42 70.7 58 18 23 103 2.29 4.29 (+47%) 3875.8
2006 HOU NL 1 5 78 0 0 0 32 75.0 69 44 36 104 5.28 4.53 (-17%) 1409.1
2007 HOU NL 5 3 66 0 0 0 19 67.0 54 25 30 88 3.36 4.47 (+25%) 1004.8
2008 PHI NL 2 0 72 0 0 0 41 69.3 50 15 35 92 1.95 4.32 (+55%) 3363.1
2009 PHI NL 0 8 67 0 0 0 31 58.7 72 47 34 61 7.21 4.32 (-67%) -1653.8
2010 PHI NL 1 1 50 0 0 0 27 45.7 32 15 24 52 2.96 4.08 (+28%) 244.8
2011 PHI NL 0 2 25 0 0 0 1 19.3 16 3 13 23 1.40 3.94 (+65%) 545.4
2012 WAS NL 0 1 11 0 0 0 2 9.3 12 10 11 10 9.64 4.01 (-140%) 0.0
Career · 11 seasons 26 32 603 1 0 0 225 603.1 492 237 287 799 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

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

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
2002 HOU NL 6 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 — — — — 0.0
2003 HOU NL 78 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 — — — — 0.0
2004 HOU NL 80 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2005 HOU NL 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2006 HOU NL 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2007 HOU NL 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2008 PHI NL 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2009 PHI NL 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2010 PHI NL 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2011 PHI NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2012 WAS NL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 11 seasons 603 7 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 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

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

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2011 NLDS1 PHI 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2010 NLCS PHI 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2010 NLDS1 PHI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2009 NLCS PHI 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2009 NLDS2 PHI 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2009 WS PHI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2008 NLCS PHI 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2008 NLDS2 PHI 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2008 WS PHI 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2005 NLCS HOU 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2005 NLDS2 HOU 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2005 WS HOU 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2004 NLCS HOU 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2004 NLDS2 HOU 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2 4 39 0 18 45.3 32 11 19 62 2.18

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2011 NLDS1 PHI 0 0 3 0 0 2.0 2 0 1 1 0.00
2010 NLCS PHI 0 0 3 0 1 3.0 3 0 2 5 0.00
2010 NLDS1 PHI 0 0 1 0 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 0.00
2009 NLCS PHI 1 0 3 0 1 2.7 1 0 1 3 0.00
2009 NLDS2 PHI 0 0 2 0 2 1.3 0 0 2 1 0.00
2009 WS PHI 0 1 1 0 0 1.0 3 3 0 1 27.00
2008 NLCS PHI 0 0 4 0 3 4.3 2 0 2 6 0.00
2008 NLDS2 PHI 0 0 3 0 2 3.0 3 1 1 4 3.00
2008 WS PHI 0 0 2 0 2 2.0 1 0 0 3 0.00
2005 NLCS HOU 0 1 4 0 3 5.0 6 4 2 7 7.20
2005 NLDS2 HOU 0 0 3 0 0 4.0 2 0 4 5 0.00
2005 WS HOU 0 2 3 0 0 3.7 4 2 0 6 4.91
2004 NLCS HOU 1 0 4 0 2 8.0 1 0 2 14 0.00
2004 NLDS2 HOU 0 0 3 0 1 4.3 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

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home32210000.000
Away28160202.333

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home322316.22661331284063.78
Away281286.22261041593933.27

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2012-06-16 WASNYY L 0.2322120
2012-06-15 WASNYY — 0.1133200
2012-06-13 WASTOR — 1.0000010
2012-06-08 WASBOS — 0.1111100
2012-04-21 WASMIA — 1.0122301
2012-04-17 WASHOU SV 1.0100100
2012-04-15 WASCIN — 1.0100120
2012-04-13 WASCIN — 1.0000010
2012-04-12 WASCIN — 1.0222200
2012-04-10 WASNYN — 1.0100020

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 603 1 23 48 5 4

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

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 603

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

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

School Name City State Years Attended
University of Notre Dame South Bend IN 1996, 1997, 1998

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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Career Spans

Brad Lidge (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Ugueth Urbina
    44-49, 3.45 ERA
  2. 94
    Greg Holland
    30-28, 3.14 ERA
  3. 92
    Brian Fuentes
    26-43, 3.62 ERA
  4. 87
    B. J. Ryan
    21-28, 3.37 ERA
  5. 84
    Cody Allen
    24-31, 3.14 ERA
  6. 84
    Jose Valverde
    27-33, 3.27 ERA

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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.