Dad Clarke vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Dad Clarke
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Dad Clarke 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 4.16 and 1.475 for Dad Clarke. By the career numbers, Lee Wade had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dad Clarke and Lee Wade

Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
1.28
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
0.97
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.99
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.47
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.54
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.32
46.32
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.08
48.08
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.03
76.03
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.81
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.76
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
4.16
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
3.77
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2551
27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
850.1
9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1063
11.25
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
504
9.59
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.59
9.59
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.25
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.4
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
2.02
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
2.19
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.02
2.02
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
1.85
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.22
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.85
1.85
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.713
0.713
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.35
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.36
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.27
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3744
39.63
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2051
39.03
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.3
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
608
6.44
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
5.23
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.475
1.475
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3519
37.25
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1860
35.39
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.63
39.63
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Dad Clarke and Lee Wade

Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.29
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
1.28
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2559
27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.44
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
1.74
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
1.69
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.23
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
2.42
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
2.18
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.47
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.39
90.39
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.28
91.28
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.697
1.697
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dad Clarke and Lee Wade

Dad Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
188.75
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
391
600
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
240
600
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
552.43
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
214
535
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
0.56
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
119.69
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
41
102.5
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
104.35
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
32
80
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.67
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.14
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.53
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
15.35
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.5
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27.81
42.67
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
13.34
33.36
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
144.25
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
52
130
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
165.73
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
55
137.5
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.443
0.443
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
62.92
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
23
57.5
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
42.97
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
17
42.5
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
104.35
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
39
97.5
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.67
48.6
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
13.97
34.92
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.07
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.5
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
42.97
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
13
32.5
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
50
76.73
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.82
7.82
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
0.56
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.53
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA