Alex Pearson vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Alex Pearson
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex Pearson 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 3.85 and 1.326 for Alex Pearson. By the career numbers, Lee Wade had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Pearson and Lee Wade

Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.24
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.04
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.99
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.64
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.08
48.08
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.67
86.67
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.8
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.76
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
3.85
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
3.77
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
337
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.1
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
9.93
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
504
9.59
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.93
9.93
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.59
9.59
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.4
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
2.19
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.88
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.22
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.543
0.543
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.713
0.713
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.27
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
473
37.9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2051
39.03
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
4.97
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
275
5.23
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.97
4.97
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.326
1.326
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
35.57
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1860
35.39
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.9
37.9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Alex Pearson and Lee Wade

Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.21
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.28
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.57
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
1.69
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.97
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
2.71
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.73
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
2.47
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.89
91.89
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.28
91.28
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.267
2.267
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.938
1.938
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Pearson and Lee Wade

Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
191.49
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
47
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
587.23
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
535
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
127.66
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
102.5
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
127.66
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
80
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.5
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.18
27.86
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.34
33.36
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
127.66
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
130
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
140.43
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
137.5
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.451
0.451
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.306
0.306
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
38.3
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
57.5
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
25.53
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
42.5
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
63.83
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
97.5
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.62
33.4
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.97
34.92
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.77
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.5
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
32.5
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
102.13
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.88
5.88
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA