Guy Bush vs. Ben Wade — Career Comparison

Guy Bush
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ben Wade
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Guy Bush 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. Guy Bush posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.86 and WHIP 1.399 compared to 4.34 and 1.478 for Ben Wade. By the career numbers, Guy Bush had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Guy Bush and Ben Wade

Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.79
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
2.86
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
1.02
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.61
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.58
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.46
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
0.45
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.41
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.41
56.41
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.78
52.78
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.83
56.83
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.19
21.19
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.5
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.05
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.11
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.24
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1166
3.86
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179
4.34
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8166
27
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1114
27
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2722
9
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
371.1
9
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2950
9.75
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
8.82
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.5
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
1.19
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
859
2.84
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
4.39
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
850
2.81
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
5.7
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.628
0.628
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.17
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.14
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11750
38.85
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1624
39.36
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
0.48
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.07
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1369
4.53
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
4.8
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.399
1.399
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10850
35.87
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1434
34.76
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.68
1.68
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Guy Bush and Ben Wade

Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
11.06
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
27
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
9
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.53
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
643
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
3.38
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.38
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
802
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.28
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
781
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
5.91
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.38
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.03
94.03
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.441
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.534
0.534
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.38
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Guy Bush and Ben Wade

Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
544
326.4
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
118
661.68
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1000
600
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
107
600
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
888
532.8
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
549.53
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.439
0.439
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
85.8
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
11
61.68
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
77.4
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
4
22.43
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
7.2
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.82
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.2
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
22.43
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
8.4
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
39.25
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
19.2
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
29.91
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
159
95.4
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
145.79
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
194
116.4
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
13
72.9
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.018
0.018
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
34.2
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
44.86
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
31.2
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
50.47
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
65.4
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
72.9
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.61
15.97
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-0.56
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.6
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
30
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.21
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PAverified
162
97.2
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
207.48
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.17
6.17
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
2.89
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
36.6
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
6
33.64
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.61
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
6
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
22.43
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.8
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.8
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA