Rod Scurry vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Rod Scurry
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Rod Scurry as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rod Scurry posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.24 and WHIP 1.491 compared to 3.77 and 1.309 for Lee Wade. By the career numbers, Rod Scurry had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rod Scurry and Lee Wade

Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.49
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.99
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.37
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.08
48.08
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.11
2.11
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.76
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.76
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.24
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
3.77
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1382
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
460.2
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
7.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
504
9.59
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.5
7.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.59
9.59
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.61
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
5.35
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.57
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
8.42
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
4.22
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.8
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.37
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.27
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2023
39.52
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
39.03
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.83
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
3.71
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
275
5.23
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.43
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.25
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.55
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.428
1.428
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1695
33.12
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1860
35.39
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.52
39.52
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Rod Scurry and Lee Wade

Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.49
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
1.28
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1382
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
460.2
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.47
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.13
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.69
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
1.64
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
1.6
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.47
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.62
97.62
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.28
91.28
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.11
2.11
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rod Scurry and Lee Wade

Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
332
3434.48
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
58
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
568.97
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
535
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.414
0.414
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
9
93.1
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
102.5
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
82.76
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
80
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.5
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
2.16
22.31
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.34
33.36
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
11
113.79
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
130
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
11
113.79
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
137.5
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
3
31.03
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
57.5
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
42.5
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
4
41.38
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
97.5
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
1.62
16.78
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.97
34.92
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
32.5
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
26
268.97
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.23
2.23
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA