Eric Knott vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Eric Knott
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Eric Knott 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 4.5 and 1.542 for Eric Knott. By the career numbers, Lee Wade had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eric Knott and Lee Wade

Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
6
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.75
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.99
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.38
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.13
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.08
48.08
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.76
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
4.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
3.77
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
11.63
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
504
9.59
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.63
11.63
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.59
9.59
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.75
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
2.25
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
7.88
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
4.22
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.88
7.88
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.75
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.27
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
41.63
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
39.03
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.38
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
7.88
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
5.23
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.38
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.38
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.75
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.55
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.542
1.542
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
37.88
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1860
35.39
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.372
0.372
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.63
41.63
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Eric Knott and Lee Wade

Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
6
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
1.28
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.75
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.75
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.69
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.38
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.24
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.13
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.75
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.47
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.28
91.28
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.125
0.125
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.5
12.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Eric Knott and Lee Wade

Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
1600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
535
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
102.5
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
80
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.5
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.34
33.36
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
130
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
137.5
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
57.5
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
42.5
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
97.5
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.63
-63.2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.97
34.92
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
32.5
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA