Sam Fletcher vs. Ben Wade — Career Comparison

Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Sam Fletcher 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 10.13 and 2.196 for Sam Fletcher. By the career numbers, Ben Wade had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sam Fletcher and Ben Wade

Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.45
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
2.86
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.48
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.61
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.46
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.48
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.41
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.78
52.78
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.19
21.19
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.48
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.24
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
10.13
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
4.34
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.25
8.25
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.93
4.93
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.354
0.354
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
27
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1114
27
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.2
9
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371.1
9
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
13.5
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
8.82
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.48
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.19
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
6.27
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
4.39
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3.86
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
5.7
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.48
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
44.36
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1624
39.36
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.96
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.07
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
11.09
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
4.8
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.09
11.09
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.196
2.196
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.468
1.468
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
38.09
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1434
34.76
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.67
7.67
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.68
1.68
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.386
0.386
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.36
44.36
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Sam Fletcher and Ben Wade

Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
11.06
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
27
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
9
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.53
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
3.38
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.38
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.28
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
5.91
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.03
94.03
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.667
1.667
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.534
0.534
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.38
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Fletcher and Ben Wade

Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
661.68
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
600
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
98
549.53
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.439
0.439
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
61.68
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
22.43
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.82
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
22.43
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
39.25
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
44.63
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.33
29.91
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
145.79
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
72.9
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
44.86
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
50.47
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
72.9
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
59.04
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-0.56
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.21
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
37
207.48
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
2.89
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
33.64
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.61
Sam Fletcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
4
22.43
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Fletcher
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA