Jake Brentz vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

MillenialMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Jake Brentz 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 5.19 and 1.500 for Jake Brentz. By the career numbers, Lee Wade had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jake Brentz and Lee Wade

Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
10.38
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.99
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.65
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.65
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.08
48.08
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.76
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.26
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
5.19
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
3.77
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
7.27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
504
9.59
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.27
7.27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.59
9.59
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.04
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
6.1
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
11.03
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
4.22
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.03
11.03
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.904
1.904
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.3
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.27
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
41.02
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
39.03
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.43
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
6.1
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
5.23
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.39
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.39
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.78
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.55
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.486
1.486
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
256
33.23
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1860
35.39
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.02
41.02
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Jake Brentz and Lee Wade

Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
10.38
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
1.28
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.04
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.69
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.17
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.17
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.47
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.28
91.28
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.113
0.113
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Brentz and Lee Wade

Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
48000
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
214
535
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
102.5
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
80
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.5
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.34
33.36
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
130
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
137.5
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
57.5
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
42.5
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
97.5
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
205.73
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.97
34.92
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
32.5
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA