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Brad Lidge
Bradley Thomas Lidge

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 5", Weight 200 lb.
School University of Notre Dame

Debut April 26, 2002

Born December 23, 1976 in Sacramento, CA

Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed July 2, 1998. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2002 25 HOU NL   1   0   6   1   0   0   2  0    8.7   12    6    6   0    9   12   2   0    48   1   0  6.23  4.32   69 2.423
 2003 26 HOU NL   6   3  78   0   0   0   9  1   85.0   60   36   34   6   42   97   5   4   349   7   1  3.60  4.37  121 1.200 RoY-5
 2004 27 HOU NL   6   5  80   0   0   0  44 29   94.7   57   21   20   8   30  157   6   3   369   5   1  1.90  4.36  229 0.919 CYA-8
 2005 28 HOU NL   4   4  70   0   0   0  65 42   70.7   58   21   18   5   23  103   3   8   291   1   0  2.29  4.23  184 1.146 MVP-30,AS
 2006 29 HOU NL   1   5  78   0   0   0  52 32   75.0   69   47   44  10   36  104   6  11   340   4   0  5.28  4.45   84 1.400
 2007 30 HOU NL   5   3  66   0   0   0  34 19   67.0   54   29   25   9   30   88   4   6   287   4   0  3.36  4.39  131 1.254
 2008 31 PHI NL   1   0  17   0   0   0  13  9   17.0    8    2    0   0    6   18   0   2    67   1   0  0.00  4.38  inf 0.824
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Years            20       1       0    132         318       147      176       26  34  1751  23   2  3.17  4.36  138 1.182
 WL%= .545       24     395       0     219     418.0       162       38       579
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     4   3  67   0   0   0  37 22   71.7   54   27   25   6   30   99   4   5   300   3   0  3.17  4.36  138 1.182
 Career High      6   5  80   1   0   0  65 42   94.7   69   47   44  10   42  157   6  11   369   7   1  1.90  4.45  229 0.919

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2002 25 HOU NL   5    2    0    2   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.500  533    3   0   0   0   0   0
 2003 26 HOU NL  73    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0 RoY-5
 2004 27 HOU NL  77    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      385    7    0    2   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   4  .286  .286  .429   81    3   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          3    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .286  .286  .429   81    1   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     78    4    0    2   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   4                           3   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2002 25 HOU NL    2    0    3         112|1.000  .272|1.000  .348|1.500  .434|2.500  .782| 533         1.3   0.1   0%
 2003 26 HOU NL    4    4    0   0.0   112| .000  .272| .000  .344| .000  .436| .000  .781|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 2004 27 HOU NL    1    1    0   0.0   113| .000  .272| .000  .344| .000  .441| .000  .785|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons         7    5    3  16.1   112| .286  .272| .286  .345| .429  .436| .715  .782|  81  .898  -0.2   0.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2002 25 HOU NL P 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.33 0.48 2.07 1.86 1 8.7 2003 26 HOU NL P 78 2 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.08 0.48 0.64 1.85 0 85.0 2004 27 HOU NL P 80 2 2 0 1 1.000 .976 0.05 0.47 0.38 1.84 0 94.7 2005 28 HOU NL P 70 2 4 1 0 .857 .952 0.09 0.46 0.76 1.74 0 70.7 AS 2006 29 HOU NL P 78 5 6 2 0 .846 .957 0.14 0.43 1.32 1.72 0 75.0 2007 30 HOU NL P 66 3 4 0 1 1.000 .972 0.11 0.40 0.94 1.68 0 67.0 2008 31 PHI NL P 17 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.12 0.45 1.06 1.85 0 17.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2002 25 HOU NL P 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.33 0.48 2.07 1.86 1 8.7 2003 26 HOU NL P 78 2 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.08 0.48 0.64 1.85 0 85.0 2004 27 HOU NL P 80 2 2 0 1 1.000 .976 0.05 0.47 0.38 1.84 0 94.7 2005 28 HOU NL P 70 2 4 1 0 .857 .952 0.09 0.46 0.76 1.74 0 70.7 2006 29 HOU NL P 78 5 6 2 0 .846 .957 0.14 0.43 1.32 1.72 0 75.0 2007 30 HOU NL P 66 3 4 0 1 1.000 .972 0.11 0.40 0.94 1.68 0 67.0 2008 31 PHI NL P 17 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.12 0.45 1.06 1.85 0 17.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 395 14 24 3 2 .927 .960 0.10 0.45 0.82 1.78 1 418.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 395 14 24 3 2 .927 .960 0.10 0.45 0.82 1.78 1 418
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2004   NLDS  HOU ATL     W   3   0   2.08  0  0  1  0   4.1   4   1   1   6 
        NLCS  HOU STL     L   4   0   0.00  1  0  2  0   8     1   0   2  14 
 2005   NLDS  HOU ATL     W   3   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   4     2   0   4   5 
        NLCS  HOU STL     W   4   0   7.20  0  1  3  0   5     6   4   2   7 
        WS    HOU CHW     L   3   0   4.91  0  2  0  0   3.2   4   2   0   6 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       2-0   6   0   1.08  0  0  1  0   8.1   6   1   5  11 
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   8   0   2.77  1  1  5  0  13     7   4   4  21 
  5 Postseason Ser      3-2  17   0   2.52  1  3  6  0  25    17   7   9  38 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2004   NLDS  HOU ATL     W   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  HOU STL     L   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2005   NLDS  HOU ATL     W   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0             
        NLCS  HOU STL     W   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0             
        WS    HOU CHW     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       2-0   6   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   8   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  5 Postseason Series   3-2  16   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 2005   HOU NL      0  0  0   1     0   0   0   0   3  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2005   HOU NL       Replaced by designated hitter.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1                                                                              
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2005 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2005-NL-30-0.00

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2004-NL-8-0.01
Car-256-0.01 shares

Games
2003 NL-78-5
2004 NL-80-9
2006 NL-78-10

Saves
2004 NL-29-10
2005 NL-42-3
2006 NL-32-6
2008 NL-9-4
Act-132-20
Car-132-75

Wild Pitches
2005 NL-8-8
2006 NL-11-3

Games Finished
2005 NL-65-2
2006 NL-52-7
2008 NL-13-7
Act-219-30

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 15 (1215) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 24.0 (513) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 42nd round of the 1995 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed July 2, 1998.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2003Houston Astros$300,000
2004Houston Astros$360,000
2005Houston Astros$500,000
2006Houston Astros$3,975,000
2007Houston Astros$5,350,000
Career (may be incomplete)$10,485,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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