Brad Lesley vs. Jake Wade — Career Comparison

Brad Lesley
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jake Wade
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jake Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Lesley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brad Lesley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.86 and WHIP 1.313 compared to 5 and 1.691 for Jake Wade. By the career numbers, Brad Lesley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brad Lesley and Jake Wade

Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
2.3
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.96
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.36
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.54
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.3
40.3
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.52
41.52
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.75
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.86
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
371
5
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
27
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2005
27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.1
9
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
668.1
9
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
7.59
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
690
9.29
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.29
9.29
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.87
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.57
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
3.61
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
440
5.93
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.62
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
5.72
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291
3.92
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.72
5.72
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.037
1.037
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.094
1.094
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.27
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
37.2
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3057
41.17
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.73
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.77
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
4.11
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
421
5.67
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.87
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.691
1.691
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
32.85
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2608
35.12
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.2
37.2
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.17
41.17

Fielding Stats for Brad Lesley and Jake Wade

Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
27
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.1
9
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.37
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.87
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.74
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.04
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.83
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Lesley and Jake Wade

Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
8100
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
171
444.16
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
231
600
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
561.04
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jake Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Jake Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.413
0.413
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
93.51
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
88.31
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.19
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.19
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
45.83
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.98
20.72
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
98.7
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
127.27
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jake Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jake Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jake Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jake Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jake Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jake Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
36.36
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
18.18
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
54.55
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
66.94
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.63
17.23
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.6
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
31.17
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jake Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
81
210.39
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.85
2.85
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jake Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
5.19
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jake Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.6
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Wade
Career
Per 600 PA