Bugs Raymond vs. Ben Wade — Career Comparison

Bugs Raymond
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ben Wade
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bugs Raymond built a career as a starting pitcher and Ben Wade as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bugs Raymond posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.49 and WHIP 1.177 compared to 4.34 and 1.478 for Ben Wade. By the career numbers, Bugs Raymond had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bugs Raymond and Ben Wade

Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
1.43
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
2.86
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.61
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.47
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.46
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.6
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.41
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.12
44.12
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.78
52.78
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.85
69.85
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.19
21.19
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.6
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.24
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.49
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179
4.34
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2564
27
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1114
27
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
854.2
9
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
371.1
9
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
7.62
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364
8.82
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.19
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
2.97
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
4.39
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
401
4.22
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
5.7
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.799
0.799
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.23
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.35
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.22
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3399
35.79
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1624
39.36
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.07
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
3.79
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
4.8
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.177
1.177
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3084
32.48
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1434
34.76
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.68
1.68
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.79
35.79
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Bugs Raymond and Ben Wade

Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
1.58
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
11.06
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2319
27
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
288
27
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
773
9
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
9
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.43
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.53
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
279
3.25
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
3.38
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.23
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.38
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
3.91
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.28
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
3.68
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
5.91
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.05
94.05
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.03
94.03
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.324
2.324
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.534
0.534
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.24
63.24
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.09
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.38
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bugs Raymond and Ben Wade

Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
279.45
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
118
661.68
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
292
600
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
107
600
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
263
540.41
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
549.53
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.453
0.453
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.439
0.439
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
86.3
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
11
61.68
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
71.92
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
4
22.43
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
8.22
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.82
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.16
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
22.43
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
7
14.38
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
39.25
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.79
24.24
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
29.91
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
106.85
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
145.79
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
121.23
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
13
72.9
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.408
0.408
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
24.66
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
44.86
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
28.77
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
50.47
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
53.42
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
72.9
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.96
20.46
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-0.56
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.05
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
32.88
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.21
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
87
178.77
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
207.48
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
2.89
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
24.66
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
33.64
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.61
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
4
22.43
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.05
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.05
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA