Danny Duffy vs. Ben Wade — Career Comparison

Danny Duffy
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ben Wade
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Duffy 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. Danny Duffy posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.95 and WHIP 1.321 compared to 4.34 and 1.478 for Ben Wade. By the career numbers, Danny Duffy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Duffy and Ben Wade

Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
1.8
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
2.86
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.57
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.61
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.52
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.46
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.52
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.41
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.78
52.78
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.18
87.18
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.19
21.19
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.24
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
3.95
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179
4.34
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3517
27
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1114
27
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1172.1
9
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
371.1
9
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1111
8.53
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364
8.82
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.53
8.53
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.11
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
1.19
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.32
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
4.39
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1048
8.05
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
5.7
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.05
8.05
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.262
1.262
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.4
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.22
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4974
38.19
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1624
39.36
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.07
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
4.18
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
4.8
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.16
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.21
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.75
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.316
1.316
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4448
34.15
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1434
34.76
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.68
1.68
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.19
38.19
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Danny Duffy and Ben Wade

Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
1.8
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
11.06
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.57
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3517
27
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
288
27
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1172.1
9
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
9
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.16
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.53
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
0.91
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
3.38
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.38
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
1.17
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.28
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
1.07
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
5.91
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.11
92.11
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.03
94.03
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.598
0.598
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.534
0.534
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.18
87.18
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.38
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Duffy and Ben Wade

Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
234
5850
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
118
661.68
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
600
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
550
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
98
549.53
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.439
0.439
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
61.68
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
22.43
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.82
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
22.43
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
39.25
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
9.15
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
29.91
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
145.79
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
72.9
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
44.86
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
50.47
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
72.9
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-4.88
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.1
-0.56
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.21
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
275
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
207.48
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
2.18
2.18
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
2.89
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
33.64
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.61
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
4
22.43
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA