Clay Holmes vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Clay Holmes
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Clay Holmes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clay Holmes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.65 and WHIP 1.316 compared to 3.77 and 1.309 for Lee Wade. By the career numbers, Clay Holmes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clay Holmes and Lee Wade

Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
6.16
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.63
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.99
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.64
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.54
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.08
48.08
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.17
10.17
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.76
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.32
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.65
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
3.77
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1509
27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
503
9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
7.8
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
504
9.59
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.8
7.8
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.59
9.59
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.61
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
3.92
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
489
8.75
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
4.22
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.75
8.75
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.59
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.77
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.27
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2168
38.79
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2051
39.03
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
2.76
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
4.2
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
275
5.23
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.72
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.55
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.302
1.302
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.309
1.309
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1891
33.83
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1860
35.39
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.79
38.79
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Clay Holmes and Lee Wade

Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
6.16
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
1.28
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.63
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1509
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.82
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.79
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.69
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
2.15
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
2.09
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.47
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.5
97.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.28
91.28
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.17
10.17
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clay Holmes and Lee Wade

Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
344
17200
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
535
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
102.5
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
80
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.5
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.34
33.36
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
130
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
137.5
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
57.5
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
42.5
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
97.5
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.27
-63.73
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.97
34.92
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
32.5
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
7
350
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.71
1.71
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA