Denny Lemaster vs. Joe Wheeler — Career Comparison

Denny Lemaster
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Joe Wheeler
Lost GenerationThrows RightBats RightBaltimore Black SoxNegro National League IIRelief Pitcher

Denny Lemaster built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Wheeler as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Denny Lemaster posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.58 and WHIP 1.329 compared to 5.68 and 1.421 for Joe Wheeler. By the career numbers, Denny Lemaster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Denny Lemaster and Joe Wheeler

Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
357
1.8
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.37
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
1.25
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.45
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.53
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.15
46.15
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.75
69.75
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.33
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
3.58
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
5.68
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5363
27
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
27
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1787.2
9
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
9
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1703
8.57
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
7.11
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.57
8.57
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.11
7.11
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
0.93
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
600
3.02
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
5.68
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.37
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1305
6.57
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.89
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.57
6.57
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.89
1.89
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.066
1.066
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.842
0.842
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.44
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.12
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7552
38.02
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
36.47
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.95
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
778
3.92
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
7.58
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.58
7.58
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
2.84
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.47
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.288
1.288
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.421
1.421
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6911
34.79
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
27.47
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.02
38.02
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.47
36.47

Fielding Stats for Denny Lemaster and Joe Wheeler

Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
357
1.8
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.81
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
1.25
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5364
27
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1788
9
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.39
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.17
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.07
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
1.63
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
1.56
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.98
95.98
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.868
0.868
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.75
69.75
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Denny Lemaster and Joe Wheeler

Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
357
335.74
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
5
300
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
638
600
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
552
519.12
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
540
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.419
0.419
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
67.71
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
56.43
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.58
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.94
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.76
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
11.29
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.48
17.38
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
87.46
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
98.75
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
23.51
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
33.86
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
53.61
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.24
6.81
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.87
-52.13
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.94
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
30.09
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
192
180.56
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.32
3.32
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
44.2
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.64
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
5
4.7
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA