Joe Pate vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Joe Pate
Lost GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Pate as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Pate posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.51 and WHIP 1.488 compared to 3.77 and 1.309 for Lee Wade. By the career numbers, Joe Pate had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Pate and Lee Wade

Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
4.27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.99
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.49
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.08
48.08
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.76
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.65
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.51
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
3.77
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
500
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
166.2
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
9.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
504
9.59
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.5
9.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.59
9.59
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.32
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.4
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
3.89
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
2.05
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.22
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.713
0.713
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
738
39.85
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
39.03
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.86
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
4
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
275
5.23
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.488
1.488
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
663
35.8
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1860
35.39
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.85
39.85
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Joe Pate and Lee Wade

Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.28
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1713
27
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
9
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.69
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.47
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.1
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.28
91.28
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.848
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Pate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Pate and Lee Wade

Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
1102.33
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PA
37
516.28
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
214
535
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.581
0.581
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PA
7
97.67
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
102.5
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PA
4
55.81
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
80
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
20
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
22.5
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.99
41.78
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.34
33.36
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
130
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
153.49
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
137.5
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.539
0.539
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
57.5
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
83.72
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
42.5
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
111.63
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
97.5
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.94
40.96
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.97
34.92
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
55.81
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
32.5
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.33
14.33
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Pate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.33
1.33
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Pate
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA