Lem Hunter vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Lem Hunter
Pre-GenerationalOhioNorth AmericaCleveland BluesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Lem Hunter as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lem Hunter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.42 and WHIP 1.895 compared to 3.77 and 1.309 for Lee Wade. By the career numbers, Lem Hunter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lem Hunter and Lee Wade

Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.42
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.99
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.08
48.08
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.76
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.42
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
3.77
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.67
6.67
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
14.21
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
504
9.59
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.21
14.21
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.59
9.59
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.4
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.84
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
5.68
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
4.22
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.68
5.68
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.947
0.947
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
41.21
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
39.03
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.42
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
9.95
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
5.23
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.95
9.95
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.895
1.895
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
38.37
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1860
35.39
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.435
0.435
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.21
41.21
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Lem Hunter and Lee Wade

Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
1.28
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.69
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.47
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.28
91.28
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lem Hunter and Lee Wade

Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
187.5
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
535
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
102.5
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
80
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.5
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.34
33.36
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
130
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
137.5
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
57.5
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
42.5
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
97.5
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
41.68
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.97
34.92
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
32.5
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
300
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA