Jim Gardner vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Jim Gardner
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Gardner 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 3.85 and 1.413 for Jim Gardner. By the career numbers, Lee Wade had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Gardner and Lee Wade

Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
1.25
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.04
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.99
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.53
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.47
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.19
53.19
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.08
48.08
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.05
83.05
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.79
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.76
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
3.85
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
3.77
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1270
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
423.1
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
468
9.95
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
504
9.59
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.95
9.95
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.59
9.59
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.19
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.4
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
2.76
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
2.44
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.22
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.579
0.579
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.713
0.713
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.13
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.49
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.27
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1837
39.05
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
39.03
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.19
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
270
5.74
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
5.23
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.413
1.413
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1684
35.8
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1860
35.39
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.05
39.05
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Jim Gardner and Lee Wade

Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
1.23
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.28
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1782
27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
594
9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.77
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
1.55
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.69
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.24
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
2.59
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
2.32
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.47
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.47
89.47
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.28
91.28
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.889
1.889
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Gardner and Lee Wade

Jim Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
189.96
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
259
600
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
240
600
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
224
518.92
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
214
535
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
40
92.66
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
102.5
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
76.45
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
80
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
5
11.58
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.32
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.32
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
7
16.22
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.5
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.26
39.98
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
13.34
33.36
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
50
115.83
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
130
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
164.48
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
55
137.5
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
67.18
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
23
57.5
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
16
37.07
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
42.5
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
101.93
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
39
97.5
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.05
41.82
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
13.97
34.92
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.95
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.5
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
64.86
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
13
32.5
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
40
92.66
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.48
6.48
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.58
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.58
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA