Bill Hawke vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Bill Hawke
Pre-GenerationalDelawareThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Hawke 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 4.98 and 1.617 for Bill Hawke. By the career numbers, Lee Wade had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hawke and Lee Wade

Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.28
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.11
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.99
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.54
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.52
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.79
50.79
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.08
48.08
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.84
86.84
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.83
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.76
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
295
4.98
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
3.77
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1601
27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533.2
9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
629
10.61
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
504
9.59
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.61
10.61
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.59
9.59
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.32
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.4
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
3.95
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
3.25
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.22
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.32
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.49
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.27
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2459
41.47
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2051
39.03
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
417
7.03
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
5.23
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.03
7.03
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.617
1.617
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2196
37.03
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1860
35.39
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.47
41.47
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Bill Hawke and Lee Wade

Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.29
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
1.28
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1617
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
539
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.6
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.79
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
1.69
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.25
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.24
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
2.64
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
2.39
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.47
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.51
90.51
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.28
91.28
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.857
1.857
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hawke and Lee Wade

Bill Hawke
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
185.54
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
75
187.5
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
249
600
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
240
600
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
561.45
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
214
535
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.543
0.543
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
118.07
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
41
102.5
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
93.98
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
32
80
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 600 PA
7
16.87
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.41
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.82
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.5
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
24.1
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
9
22.5
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.59
39.97
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
13.34
33.36
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
154.22
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
52
130
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
144.58
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
55
137.5
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 600 PA
22
53.01
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
57.5
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
65.06
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
17
42.5
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
113.25
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
39
97.5
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.26
41.59
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
13.97
34.92
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.41
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 600 PA
10
24.1
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
32.5
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 600 PA
42
101.2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.93
5.93
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 600 PA
5
12.05
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.41
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.41
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA