Harvey Branch vs. Ben Wade — Career Comparison

Harvey Branch
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ben Wade
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harvey Branch 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. Ben Wade posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.34 and WHIP 1.478 compared to 5.4 and 2.000 for Harvey Branch. By the career numbers, Ben Wade had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harvey Branch and Ben Wade

Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
2.86
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.61
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.46
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.41
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.78
52.78
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.19
21.19
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.24
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.4
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
4.34
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.56
7.56
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.8
7.8
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1114
27
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371.1
9
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
8.82
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.19
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
4.39
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.6
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
5.7
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
43.2
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1624
39.36
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.07
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.4
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
4.8
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.468
1.468
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
34.2
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1434
34.76
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.68
1.68
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.2
43.2
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Harvey Branch and Ben Wade

Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
11.06
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
27
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
9
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.53
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
3.38
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.38
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
5.4
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.28
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
5.4
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
5.91
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.03
94.03
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.534
0.534
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.38
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harvey Branch and Ben Wade

Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
661.68
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
600
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
98
549.53
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.439
0.439
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
61.68
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
22.43
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.82
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
22.43
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
39.25
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
29.91
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
145.79
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
72.9
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
44.86
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
50.47
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
72.9
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.1
-0.56
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.21
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
207.48
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
2.89
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
33.64
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.61
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
4
22.43
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA