Ken Sanders vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Ken Sanders
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Sanders as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Sanders posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.97 and WHIP 1.354 compared to 3.77 and 1.309 for Lee Wade. By the career numbers, Ken Sanders had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Sanders and Lee Wade

Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
5.61
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.99
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.4
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.62
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.19
39.19
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.08
48.08
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.76
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.18
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.97
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
3.77
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1970
27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656.2
9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
564
7.73
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
504
9.59
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.73
7.73
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.59
9.59
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.67
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
3.54
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.92
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.93
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
4.22
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.93
4.93
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.941
0.941
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.23
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2741
37.57
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2051
39.03
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
3.91
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
3.29
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
275
5.23
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.52
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.19
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.252
1.252
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.309
1.309
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2414
33.09
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1860
35.39
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.57
37.57
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Ken Sanders and Lee Wade

Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
5.61
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
1.28
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1967
27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
655.2
9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.74
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.77
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
1.69
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
2.62
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
2.51
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
2.47
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.81
95.81
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.28
91.28
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.447
0.447
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Sanders and Lee Wade

Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
409
3662.69
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
67
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
52
465.67
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
214
535
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.455
0.455
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
6
53.73
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
102.5
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
6
53.73
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
80
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.5
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.53
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.34
33.36
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
6
53.73
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
130
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
13
116.42
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
137.5
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.336
0.336
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
6
53.73
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
57.5
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.91
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
42.5
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
8
71.64
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
97.5
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
12.22
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.97
34.92
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.91
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.5
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
44.78
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
32.5
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
13
116.42
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.15
5.15
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
71.64
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
30
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA