Jim Devlin vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Jim Devlin
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Devlin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Devlin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.38 and WHIP 1.286 compared to 3.77 and 1.309 for Lee Wade. By the career numbers, Jim Devlin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Devlin and Lee Wade

Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.22
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.24
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.11
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.99
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.58
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.38
52.38
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.08
48.08
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.3
91.3
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.76
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.38
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
3.77
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
511
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
170.1
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
8.51
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
504
9.59
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.59
9.59
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.4
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
3.06
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
4.76
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
4.22
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.869
0.869
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.95
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.27
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
39.58
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
39.03
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
6.13
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
5.23
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.309
1.309
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
35.56
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1860
35.39
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.58
39.58
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Jim Devlin and Lee Wade

Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.22
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.28
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
510
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.21
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
2.44
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
1.69
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.37
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.24
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.02
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
2.71
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.65
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
2.47
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.72
87.72
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.28
91.28
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.174
2.174
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.938
1.938
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Devlin and Lee Wade

Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
23
181.58
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
187.5
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
76
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
70
552.63
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
535
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
142.11
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
102.5
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
134.21
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
80
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.89
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.89
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.5
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.91
54.52
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.34
33.36
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
150
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
130
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
189.47
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
137.5
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.587
0.587
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.539
0.539
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
102.63
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
57.5
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
31.58
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
42.5
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
134.21
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
97.5
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8.2
64.71
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.97
34.92
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
47.37
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
32.5
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
8
63.16
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.5
9.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.68
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.68
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA