Ron Blackburn vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Ron Blackburn
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Blackburn as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ron Blackburn posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.5 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 3.77 and 1.309 for Lee Wade. By the career numbers, Ron Blackburn had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blackburn and Lee Wade

Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
5.33
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.99
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.08
48.08
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.76
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.33
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
3.77
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
9.25
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
504
9.59
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.25
9.25
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.59
9.59
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
3.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.75
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
4.17
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.22
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.852
0.852
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.27
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
477
39.75
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
39.03
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
4.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
275
5.23
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.417
1.417
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
35.83
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1860
35.39
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.75
39.75
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Ron Blackburn and Lee Wade

Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
5.33
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
1.28
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.58
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.69
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.24
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
2.25
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.47
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.28
91.28
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.25
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blackburn and Lee Wade

Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
2953.85
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
535
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.923
0.923
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
102.5
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
80
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
20
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.5
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
22.5
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.88
86.67
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.34
33.36
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
369.23
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
130
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
137.5
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.917
0.917
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.889
0.889
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
57.5
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
42.5
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
97.5
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.88
86.55
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.97
34.92
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
32.5
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
4
184.62
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
30
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA