Ed Crane vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Ed Crane
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston RedsUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Crane 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 3.99 and 1.554 for Ed Crane. By the career numbers, Lee Wade had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Crane and Lee Wade

Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
1.18
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.24
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
1.02
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.99
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.42
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.56
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.6
42.6
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.08
48.08
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.27
86.27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.85
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.76
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
687
3.99
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
3.77
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4653
27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1551
9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1525
8.85
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
504
9.59
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.85
8.85
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.59
9.59
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.29
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.4
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
885
5.14
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
719
4.17
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.22
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.034
1.034
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
0.85
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.34
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.27
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7110
41.26
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2051
39.03
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.15
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
1188
6.89
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
5.23
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.89
6.89
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.554
1.554
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6167
35.79
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1860
35.39
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.26
41.26
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Ed Crane and Lee Wade

Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
402
1.1
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.28
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9885
27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3295
9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
576
1.57
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.79
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
420
1.15
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.69
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
0.51
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.24
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1184
3.23
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
2.71
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
996
2.72
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
2.47
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.12
84.12
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.28
91.28
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.478
2.478
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.938
1.938
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.05
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Crane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Crane and Lee Wade

Ed Crane
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
391
156.71
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
75
187.5
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1497
600
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
240
600
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1409
564.73
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
214
535
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.637
0.637
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
335
134.27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
41
102.5
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
257
103.01
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
32
80
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
18.04
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
6.01
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
7.21
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.5
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
31.26
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
9
22.5
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141.73
56.81
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
13.34
33.36
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
464
185.97
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
52
130
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
423
169.54
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
55
137.5
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.612
0.612
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.541
0.541
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
199
79.76
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
23
57.5
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
33.67
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
42.5
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
106.21
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
39
97.5
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
152.82
61.25
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
13.97
34.92
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
0.8
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
34.47
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
13
32.5
Ed Crane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Crane
Career
Per 600 PA
191
76.55
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.84
7.84
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Crane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30
Ed Crane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Crane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
11.62
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Crane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
11.62
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Crane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA