Jose Bautista vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Jose Bautista
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Bautista as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lee Wade posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.77 and WHIP 1.309 compared to 4.62 and 1.358 for Jose Bautista. By the career numbers, Lee Wade had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Bautista and Lee Wade

Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
4.1
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.64
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.99
Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.42
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.55
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.24
43.24
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.08
48.08
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.71
15.71
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.76
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
352
4.62
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
3.77
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2057
27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
685.2
9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
732
9.61
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
504
9.59
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.61
9.61
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.59
9.59
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.39
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
2.24
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.37
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
4.31
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
4.22
Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.728
0.728
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.21
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.35
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.27
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.13
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2925
38.39
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2051
39.03
Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
4.94
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275
5.23
Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.38
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.26
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.58
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.55
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.317
1.317
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2678
35.15
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1860
35.39
Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Jose Bautista and Lee Wade

Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
4.1
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
1.28
Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.64
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2057
27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
685.2
9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.84
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.79
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.02
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.69
Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
1.93
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.86
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.47
Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.6
96.6
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.28
91.28
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.455
0.455
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.71
15.71
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Bautista and Lee Wade

Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
315
3436.36
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
55
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
545.45
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
535
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
5
54.55
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
102.5
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
5
54.55
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
80
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.5
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0.55
5.96
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.34
33.36
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
5
54.55
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
130
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
6
65.45
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
137.5
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.82
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
57.5
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.91
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
42.5
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.73
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
97.5
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.32
-14.37
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.97
34.92
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.91
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
32.5
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
17
185.45
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.24
3.24
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Bautista
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
43.64
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
30
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA