Willard Hunter vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Willard Hunter
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Willard Hunter 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 5.68 and 1.535 for Willard Hunter. By the career numbers, Lee Wade had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Willard Hunter and Lee Wade

Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
5.45
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.47
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.99
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.71
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.77
30.77
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.08
48.08
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.76
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.39
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
5.68
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
3.77
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
342
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
10.03
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
504
9.59
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.03
10.03
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.59
9.59
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.11
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
3.71
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.97
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
4.22
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.97
4.97
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.965
0.965
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.39
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
508
40.11
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
39.03
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.53
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
6
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
5.23
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.526
1.526
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
36.16
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1860
35.39
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.11
40.11
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Willard Hunter and Lee Wade

Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
5.45
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
1.28
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.47
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
342
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.55
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.18
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.69
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.82
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.74
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.47
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.28
91.28
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.7
8.7
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willard Hunter and Lee Wade

Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
2587.5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
14
525
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
214
535
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
102.5
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
80
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.5
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.04
39.05
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.34
33.36
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
130
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
137.5
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
57.5
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
42.5
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
97.5
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.41
52.98
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.97
34.92
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
32.5
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
7
262.5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Willard Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.29
2.29
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
30
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA