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Brad Lidge

Bradley Thomas Lidge (Lights Out)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 23, 1976 in Sacramento, CA
High School: Cherry Creek HS (Englewood, CO)
School: University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed July 2, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 2002
Teams (by GP): Astros/Phillies/Nationals 2002-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$1M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 9.043, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Jim Turner [*]
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2002 25 HOU NL 6 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.500 533 3 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2003 26 HOU NL 78 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 RoY-5
2004 27 HOU NL 80 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-8
2005 28 HOU NL 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,MVP-30
2006 29 HOU NL 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 30 HOU NL 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 31 PHI NL 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-4,MVP-8
2009 32 PHI NL 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 33 PHI NL 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2011 34 PHI NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2012 35 WSN NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
11 Yrs 599 7 7 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .429 .714 81 3 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .429 .714 81 1 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (6 yrs) 378 7 7 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .429 .714 81 3 0 0 0 0 0
PHI (4 yrs) 214 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WSN (1 yr) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2002 25 HOU NL 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .525 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ /1
2003 26 HOU NL 78 4 -1 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $300,000 1 RoY-5
2004 27 HOU NL 80 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $360,000 1 CYA-8
2005 28 HOU NL 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $500,000 1 AS,MVP-30
2006 29 HOU NL 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $3,975,000 1
2007 30 HOU NL 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $5,350,000 1
2008 31 PHI NL 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $6,350,000 1 AS,CYA-4,MVP-8
2009 32 PHI NL 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $12,000,000 1
2010 33 PHI NL 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $12,000,000 1
2011 34 PHI NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $12,000,000 1
2012 35 WSN NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
11 Seasons 599 7 -0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .500 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $52,835,000
HOU (6 yrs) 378 7 -0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .500 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $10,485,000
PHI (4 yrs) 214 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $42,350,000
WSN (1 yr) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2002 25 HOU NL 2 0 3 112 1.000 1.000 .273 1.000 .348 1.500 .434 2.500 .782 533 .000 1.3 0.1 .500 .500
2003 26 HOU NL 4 4 0 0.0 112 .000 .272 .000 .344 .000 .436 .000 .781 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2004 27 HOU NL 1 1 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .271 .000 .343 .000 .439 .000 .782 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
11 Yrs 7 5 3 16.1 112 .667 .286 .272 .286 .345 .429 .436 .714 .781 81 .898 -0.2 -0.0 .600 .143 .143
162 Game Avg. 2 1 1 16.1 112 .667 .286 .272 .286 .345 .429 .436 .714 .781 81 .898 -0.2 -0.0 .600 .143 .143

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 27 HOU NL NLDS ATL W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 27 HOU NL NLCS STL L 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 28 HOU NL NLDS ATL W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 28 HOU NL NLCS STL W 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 28 HOU NL WS CHW L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 31 PHI NL NLDS MIL W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 31 PHI NL NLCS LAD W 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 31 PHI NL WS TBR W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 32 PHI NL NLDS COL W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 32 PHI NL NLCS LAD W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 32 PHI NL WS NYY L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 33 PHI NL NLDS CIN W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 33 PHI NL NLCS SFG L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 34 PHI NL NLDS STL L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs (14 Series) 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 NLDS 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 NLCS 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 HOU NL 28
2008 PHI NL 31

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2002 25 HOU NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 50% 1.0 0.00 100% 100% 0.0% 0%
2003 26 HOU NL 4 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0.00 0%
2004 27 HOU NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
11 Yrs 7 0.0% 57.1% 0.0% 14.3% 50% 1.8 3.5 0.50 1.00 43% 67% 0.0% 0%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.4% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 2.04 5.1 33.2 7.8 0.79 1.08 70% 19% 7.7% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2002 25 HOU NL 1.3 0.1 2 0.2 0.2 0.0 1.38 0.2 -0.0 2.4 0.2 1.41 1.7 0
2003 26 HOU NL -1.2 -0.1 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .67 -0.1 0.0 -1.6 -0.1 1.26 -1.2 0
2004 27 HOU NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .20 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.39 -0.3 0
2005 28 HOU NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 29 HOU NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 30 HOU NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 31 PHI NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 32 PHI NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 33 PHI NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 34 PHI NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 35 WSN NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Yrs -0.2 -0.0 7 0.1 0.2 -0.1 .80 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.1 1.18 0.2 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2002 25 HOU NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 26 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 27 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2002 25 HOU NL 2 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 3 2 67% 0 0 0 0 0
2003 26 HOU NL 4 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2004 27 HOU NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 7 57% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 9 2 22% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 33% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2002 25 HOU NL 2 8 4.00 6 75% 33% 0% 33% 33% 67% 0% 50% 100% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2003 26 HOU NL 4 17 4.25 12 71% 42% 42% 17% 0% 58% 0% 41% 29% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 25% 0 0 0
2004 27 HOU NL 1 5 5.00 4 80% 25% 0% 50% 25% 75% 0% 60% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 7 30 4.29 22 73% 36% 23% 27% 14% 64% 0% 47% 64% 43% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 25% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.77 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 28% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2002 25 6 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.500 533 3 0 0 0 0 0
2003 26 84 6 6 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .333 .333 .500 .833 111 3 0 0 0 0 0
2004 27 164 7 7 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .429 .714 81 3 0 0 0 0 0
2005 28 234 7 7 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .429 .714 81 3 0 0 0 0 0
2006 29 312 7 7 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .429 .714 81 3 0 0 0 0 0
2007 30 378 7 7 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .429 .714 81 3 0 0 0 0 0
2008 31 450 7 7 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .429 .714 81 3 0 0 0 0 0
2009 32 517 7 7 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .429 .714 81 3 0 0 0 0 0
2010 33 567 7 7 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .429 .714 81 3 0 0 0 0 0
2011 34 592 7 7 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .429 .714 81 3 0 0 0 0 0
2012 35 599 7 7 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .429 .714 81 3 0 0 0 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2002 25 6 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.500 3 6
2003 26 78 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 78
2004 27 80 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 80
3 Yrs 164 7 7 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 .286 .286 .429 .714 3 164
162 Game Avg. 162 7 7 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 .286 .286 .429 .714 3 164

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2005 *
2008 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2008 NL Comeback Player of the Year
2008 NL Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2005 NL (30, 0%)
2008 NL (8, 23%)
0.23 Career Shares (693rd)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2004 NL (8, 1%)
2008 NL (4, 6%)
0.07 Career Shares (200th)

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