Belve Bean vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Belve Bean
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Belve Bean 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 5.32 and 1.634 for Belve Bean. By the career numbers, Lee Wade had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Belve Bean and Lee Wade

Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
3.29
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.31
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.99
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.08
48.08
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.76
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
5.32
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
3.77
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
705
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
11.03
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
504
9.59
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.03
11.03
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.59
9.59
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.8
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
3.68
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
3.41
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.22
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.787
0.787
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1050
40.21
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
39.03
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.76
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
6.13
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
5.23
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.634
1.634
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
949
36.34
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1860
35.39
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.21
40.21
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Belve Bean and Lee Wade

Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.28
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1713
27
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
9
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.69
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.47
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.83
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.28
91.28
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.709
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Belve Bean and Lee Wade

Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
670.13
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
77
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
561.04
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
535
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.688
0.688
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
148.05
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
102.5
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
101.3
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
80
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
38.96
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
20
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.79
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.5
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
46.75
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
22.5
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8.27
64.47
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.34
33.36
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
210.39
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
130
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
179.22
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
137.5
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.678
0.678
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.585
0.585
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
85.71
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
57.5
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
46.75
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
42.5
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
124.68
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
97.5
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8.78
68.44
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.97
34.92
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
4
31.17
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
32.5
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
17
132.47
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.53
4.53
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.79
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA