Born on December 23, 1976 in Sacramento, California, Brad Lidge (Bradley Thomas Lidge) played for the Houston Astros for his entire 5 year career. Lidge broke into the bigs on April 26, 2002 with the Houston Astros, and put up a 3.60 ERA in 85 innings pitched in 2003, his rookie year.
There is some disagreement on what was Brad Lidge's most productive season. Some believe that it was 2005, when he posted a 2.29 ERA, notched 42 saves and struck out 103 batters. However, others believe that it was 2004, when he posted a 1.90 ERA, notched 29 saves and struck out 157 batters.
Scouting Report[]
Statistics[]
Pitching Stats[]
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
2002
HOU
N
6
1
1
0
6.23
12
6
6
0
0
0
8.2
12
0
9
1
0
2
2003
HOU
N
78
0
6
3
3.60
97
36
34
0
0
1
85
60
6
42
7
4
5
2004
HOU
N
80
0
6
5
1.90
157
21
20
0
0
29
94.2
57
8
30
5
3
6
2005
HOU
N
70
0
4
4
2.29
103
21
18
0
0
42
70.2
58
5
23
1
8
3
2006
HOU
N
78
0
1
5
5.28
104
47
44
0
0
32
75
69
10
36
4
11
6
Total
312
1
18
17
3.29
473
131
122
0
0
104
334
256
29
140
18
26
22
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
2002
HOU
N
P
6
1
8.2
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1.000
2003
HOU
N
P
78
0
85
2
4
0
0
0
1
5
6
0
1.000
2004
HOU
N
P
80
0
94.2
2
2
0
1
0
0
2
5
0
1.000
2005
HOU
N
P
70
0
70.2
2
4
1
0
0
1
5
2
1
.857
2006
HOU
N
P
78
0
75
5
6
2
0
0
0
7
0
0
.846
Total
P
312
1
334
11
18
3
1
0
2
21
13
1
.906
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
2002
HOU
N
6
2
0
2
0
2
1.000
1.000
1.500
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2003
HOU
N
78
4
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
2004
HOU
N
80
1
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2005
HOU
N
70
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2006
HOU
N
78
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
312
7
0
2
0
2
.286
.286
.429
1
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
Transactions[]
Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 42nd round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 1, 1995).
Selected by Houston Astros in the 1st round (17th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1998 - signed July 2, 1998).