Harry Billiard vs. Ben Wade — Career Comparison

Harry Billiard
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersFederal LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ben Wade
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Billiard built a career as a starting pitcher and Ben Wade as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Billiard posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.95 and WHIP 1.573 compared to 4.34 and 1.478 for Ben Wade. By the career numbers, Harry Billiard had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Billiard and Ben Wade

Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
2.74
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
2.86
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.95
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.61
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.42
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.46
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.42
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.41
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.78
52.78
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.62
34.62
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.19
21.19
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.26
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.24
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
3.95
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
4.34
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.335
0.335
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
513
27
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1114
27
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
9
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371.1
9
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
8.63
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
364
8.82
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.26
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.19
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
5.53
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
4.39
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
3.26
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
5.7
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.977
0.977
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.37
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.74
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.22
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
609
32.05
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1624
39.36
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.42
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
1.07
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
5.74
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
4.8
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.573
1.573
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.468
1.468
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
490
25.79
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1434
34.76
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
2.1
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.68
1.68
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.376
0.376
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.05
32.05
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Harry Billiard and Ben Wade

Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
27.53
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
11.06
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
27
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
27
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
9
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
9
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.65
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
2.53
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
24.88
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
3.38
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
3.18
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.38
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
30.71
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
6.28
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
27.53
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
5.91
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.66
89.66
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.03
94.03
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.534
0.534
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.38
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Billiard and Ben Wade

Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
52
588.68
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
661.68
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
600
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
566.04
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
98
549.53
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.439
0.439
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
113.21
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
61.68
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
101.89
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
4
22.43
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.82
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
22.43
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
39.25
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.69
30.44
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.33
29.91
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
11
124.53
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
145.79
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
135.85
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
72.9
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.451
0.451
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
44.86
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
45.28
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
50.47
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
5
56.6
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
72.9
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.73
30.95
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-0.56
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.21
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
192.45
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
37
207.48
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.12
3.12
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
2.89
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
33.64
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.61
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
4
22.43
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA