Kirby Higbe vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Kirby Higbe
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Kirby Higbe and Lee Wade are fairly close on the surface numbers. Lee Wade had the edge in WHIP (1.309 vs 1.404). By the career numbers, Lee Wade had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Kirby Higbe and Lee Wade

Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
1.93
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
1.1
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.99
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.54
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.47
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.88
53.88
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.08
48.08
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.94
56.94
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.45
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.76
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.05
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.11
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
800
3.69
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
3.77
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5857
27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1952.1
9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1763
8.13
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
504
9.59
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.13
8.13
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.59
9.59
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.54
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
979
4.51
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
971
4.48
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
4.22
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.999
0.999
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.28
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.16
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8472
39.05
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2051
39.03
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.48
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
909
4.19
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275
5.23
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.405
1.405
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7458
34.38
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1860
35.39
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.05
39.05
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Kirby Higbe and Lee Wade

Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.28
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1713
27
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
9
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.69
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.47
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.16
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.28
91.28
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.902
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kirby Higbe and Lee Wade

Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
418
351.26
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
714
600
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
240
600
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
660
554.62
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
214
535
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.407
0.407
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
84.87
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
102.5
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
68.91
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
80
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
11.76
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.68
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.52
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.5
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
15.97
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.5
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.15
16.93
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13.34
33.36
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
107.56
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
130
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
116
97.48
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
137.5
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.366
0.366
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
29.41
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
57.5
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
39.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
42.5
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
66.39
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
97.5
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 600 PA
6.45
5.42
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.97
34.92
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
12.61
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
32.5
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 600 PA
135
113.45
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.29
5.29
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Kirby Higbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
32.77
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
12
30
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 600 PA
19
15.97
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby Higbe
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA