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Brad Lidge
Bradley Thomas Lidge
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 23, 1976 in Sacramento, CA
Schools: University of Notre Dame
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
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2002 25 HOU NL 1 0 1.000 6.23 6 1 2 0 0 0 8.2 12 6 6 0 9 1 12 2 0 0 48 69 2.423 12.5 0.0 9.3 12.5 1.33
2003 26 HOU NL 6 3 .667 3.60 78 0 9 0 0 1 85.0 60 36 34 6 42 7 97 5 1 4 349 121 1.200 6.4 0.6 4.4 10.3 2.31 RoY-5
2004 27 HOU NL 6 5 .545 1.90 80 0 44 0 0 29 94.2 57 21 20 8 30 5 157 6 1 3 369 229 0.919 5.4 0.8 2.9 14.9 5.23 CYA-8
2005 28 HOU NL 4 4 .500 2.29 70 0 65 0 0 42 70.2 58 21 18 5 23 1 103 3 0 8 291 184 1.146 7.4 0.6 2.9 13.1 4.48 AS,MVP-30
2006 29 HOU NL 1 5 .167 5.28 78 0 52 0 0 32 75.0 69 47 44 10 36 4 104 6 0 11 340 84 1.400 8.3 1.2 4.3 12.5 2.89
2007 30 HOU NL 5 3 .625 3.36 66 0 34 0 0 19 67.0 54 29 25 9 30 4 88 4 0 6 287 131 1.254 7.3 1.2 4.0 11.8 2.93
2008 31 PHI NL 2 0 1.000 1.95 72 0 61 0 0 41 69.1 50 17 15 2 35 4 92 1 0 5 292 225 1.226 6.5 0.3 4.5 11.9 2.63 AS,CYA-4,MVP-8
2009 32 PHI NL 0 2 .000 9.15 21 0 16 0 0 8 19.2 29 20 20 6 12 1 21 1 0 0 100 49 2.085 13.3 2.7 5.5 9.6 1.75
8 Seasons 25 22 .532 3.34 471 1 283 0 0 172 490.0 389 197 182 46 217 27 674 28 2 37 2076 131 1.237 7.1 0.8 4.0 12.4 3.11
162 Game Avg. 4 3 .532 3.34 68 0 41 0 0 25 71 56 28 26 7 31 4 97 4 0 5 299 131 1.237 7.1 0.8 4.0 12.4 3.11
HOU (6 yrs) 23 20 .535 3.30 378 1 206 0 0 123 401.0 310 160 147 38 170 22 561 26 2 32 1684 132 1.197 7.0 0.9 3.8 12.6 3.30
PHI (2 yrs) 2 2 .500 3.54 93 0 77 0 0 49 89.0 79 37 35 8 47 5 113 2 0 5 392 124 1.416 8.0 0.8 4.8 11.4 2.40

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2004 27 HOU NL NLDS W ATL 0 0 2.08 3 0 1 0 0 1 4.1 4 1 1 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 16 1.154 8.3 0.0 2.1 12.5 6.00
2004 27 HOU NL NLCS L STL 1 0 1.000 0.00 4 0 3 0 0 2 8.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 14 1 0 0 28 0.375 1.1 0.0 2.3 15.8 7.00
2005 28 HOU NL NLDS W ATL 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 4 5 1.500 4.5 0.0 9.0 11.3 1.25
2005 28 HOU NL NLCS W STL 0 1 .000 7.20 4 0 3 5.0 6 4 1 2 7 1.600 10.8 1.8 3.6 12.6 3.50
2005 28 HOU NL WS L CHW 0 2 .000 4.91 3 0 0 0 0 3.2 4 2 1 0 6 1.091 9.8 2.5 0.0 14.7
2008 31 PHI NL NLDS W MIL 0 0 3.00 3 0 0 0 2 3.0 3 1 1 4 1.333 9.0 3.0 12.0 4.00
2008 31 PHI NL NLCS W LAD 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 3 4.1 2 0 2 6 0.923 4.2 4.2 12.5 3.00
2008 31 PHI NL WS W TBR 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 2 2.0 1 0 0 3 0.500 4.5 0.0 13.5
3 Seasons (8 Series) 1 3 .250 2.10 26 0 4 0 0 13 34.1 23 1 8 2 12 0 51 1 0 0 44 1.019 6.0 0.5 3.1 13.4 4.25
3 NLDS 0 0 1.59 9 0 1 0 0 3 11.1 9 1 2 0 6 0 15 0 0 0 16 1.324 7.1 0.0 4.8 11.9 2.50
3 NLCS 1 1 .500 2.08 12 0 3 0 0 8 17.1 9 0 4 1 6 0 27 1 0 0 28 0.865 4.7 0.5 3.1 14.0 4.50
2 WS 0 2 .000 3.18 5 0 0 0 2 5.2 5 2 1 0 9 0.882 7.9 1.6 0.0 14.3
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Standard Batting

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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 5 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 73 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 77 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 67 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 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 30 HOU NL 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 31 PHI NL 71 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 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Seasons 452 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 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .429 .714 81 1 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (6 yrs) 362 7 7 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .429 .714 81 3 0 0 0 0 0
PHI (2 yrs) 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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 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 0
2005 28 HOU NL NLDS ATL W 3 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
2005 28 HOU NL WS CHW L 2 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
2008 31 PHI NL NLCS LAD W 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 31 PHI NL WS TBR W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (8 Series) 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 NLDS 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 NLCS 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2002 HOU NL 25 P 6 1 8.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.33 .950 1.87 0.48
2003 HOU NL 26 P 78 0 85.0 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.64 0.08 .950 1.85 0.48 RoY-5
2004 HOU NL 27 P 80 0 94.2 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 0.38 0.05 .975 1.84 0.47 CYA-8
2005 HOU NL 28 P 70 0 70.2 7 2 4 1 0 .857 0.76 0.09 .971 1.74 0.46 AS,MVP-30
2006 HOU NL 29 P 78 0 75.0 13 5 6 2 0 .846 1.32 0.14 .962 1.72 0.43
2007 HOU NL 30 P 66 0 67.0 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 0.94 0.11 .971 1.68 0.40
2008 PHI NL 31 P 72 0 69.1 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 1.30 0.14 .960 1.73 0.43 AS,CYA-4,MVP-8
2009 PHI NL 32 P 21 0 19.2 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.83 0.19 .950 1.69 0.41
8 Seasons P 471 1 490.0 53 19 31 3 3 .943 0.92 0.11 .962 1.77 0.45
8 Seasons TOT 471 1 490.0 53 19 31 3 3 .943 0.92 0.11 .906 1.77 0.45

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2005 *
2008 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
2008-NL-Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2005-NL-30-0%
2008-NL-8-23%
0.23 Career Shares (675th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2004-NL--8--1%
2008-NL--4--6%
0.07 Career Shares (185th)

Games Played s c a p y
2003 NL--78--5th
2004 NL--80--9th
2006 NL--78--10th
Active--471--50th

Saves s c a p y
2004 NL--29--10th
2005 NL--42--3rd
2006 NL--32--6th
2008 NL--41--2nd
Active--172--13th
Career--172--54th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2005 NL--8--8th
2006 NL--11--3rd

Games Finished s c a p y
2005 NL--65--2nd
2006 NL--52--7th
2008 NL--61--3rd
2009 NL--16--4th
Active--283--15th
Career--283--116th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 15 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 40 (330), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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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.

November 7, 2007: Traded by the Houston Astros with Eric Bruntlett to the Philadelphia Phillies for Michael Costanzo (minors), Michael Bourn and Geoff Geary.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2008.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2003Houston Astros$300,000
2004Houston Astros$360,000
2005Houston Astros$500,000
2006Houston Astros$3,975,000
2007Houston Astros$5,350,000
2008Philadelphia Phillies$6,350,000
Career (may be incomplete)$16,835,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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