Lem Cross vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Lem Cross
Pre-GenerationalNew HampshireThrows RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Lem Cross 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 7.66 and 2.000 for Lem Cross. By the career numbers, Lee Wade had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lem Cross and Lee Wade

Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.34
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.22
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.99
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.36
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.73
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.08
48.08
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.91
90.91
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.61
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.76
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
7.66
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
3.77
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.66
7.66
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.58
8.58
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.354
0.354
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
14.35
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
504
9.59
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.35
14.35
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.59
9.59
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.46
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
3.65
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.19
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.22
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.649
0.649
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.713
0.713
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.61
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.27
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
44.76
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
39.03
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
10.82
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
5.23
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.82
10.82
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
40.5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1860
35.39
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.09
8.09
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.76
44.76
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Lem Cross and Lee Wade

Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.34
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
1.28
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.7
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
1.69
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.07
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.95
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.47
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.28
91.28
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.455
1.455
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lem Cross and Lee Wade

Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
205.71
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
35
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
548.57
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
535
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.671
0.671
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
137.14
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
102.5
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
80
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
34.29
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
22.5
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.66
62.82
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.34
33.36
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
188.57
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
130
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
188.57
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
137.5
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.314
0.314
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.658
0.658
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
57.5
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
42.5
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
137.14
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
97.5
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.05
69.45
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.97
34.92
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
32.5
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
5
85.71
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA