Walt Doan vs. Ben Wade — Career Comparison

Walt Doan
Lost GenerationIdahoThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ben Wade
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Walt Doan 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. Ben Wade posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.34 and WHIP 1.478 compared to 5.56 and 2.206 for Walt Doan. By the career numbers, Ben Wade had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Walt Doan and Ben Wade

Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.78
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
2.86
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.61
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.46
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.4
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.41
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.78
52.78
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21.19
21.19
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.24
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.56
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
4.34
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.35
9.35
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
27
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1114
27
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.2
9
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371.1
9
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
16.28
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
8.82
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.28
16.28
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.4
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.19
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.57
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
4.39
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
3.57
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
5.7
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.794
0.794
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.22
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
43.68
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1624
39.36
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.59
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
1.07
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
11.12
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
4.8
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.12
11.12
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.206
2.206
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.468
1.468
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
39.71
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1434
34.76
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.68
1.68
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.68
43.68
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Walt Doan and Ben Wade

Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.08
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
11.06
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
27
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
27
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
9
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
9
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.62
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.53
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.92
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
3.38
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.38
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
3.23
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.28
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.54
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
5.91
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.57
78.57
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.03
94.03
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.534
0.534
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.38
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walt Doan and Ben Wade

Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
10
333.33
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
661.68
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
600
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
16
533.33
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
549.53
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.439
0.439
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
61.68
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
22.43
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
16.82
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
22.43
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
39.25
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.26
42.15
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.33
29.91
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
133.33
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
145.79
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
166.67
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
72.9
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
44.86
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
50.47
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
72.9
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
41.67
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-0.56
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.21
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
37
207.48
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
2.89
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
33.64
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.61
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
4
22.43
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA