Greg Shanahan vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Greg Shanahan
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Greg Shanahan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Greg Shanahan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.57 and WHIP 1.324 compared to 3.77 and 1.309 for Lee Wade. By the career numbers, Greg Shanahan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Greg Shanahan and Lee Wade

Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.37
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.99
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.08
48.08
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.76
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.4
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.57
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
3.77
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.2
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
8.34
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
504
9.59
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.59
9.59
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.19
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
3.57
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.16
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
4.22
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.971
0.971
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
39.71
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
39.03
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.38
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.57
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
275
5.23
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.79
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
1.324
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
34.94
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1860
35.39
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.71
39.71
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Greg Shanahan and Lee Wade

Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.37
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
1.28
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.2
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.59
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.69
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.99
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.99
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.47
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.28
91.28
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.455
0.455
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Greg Shanahan and Lee Wade

Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
3300
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
214
535
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
102.5
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
80
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.5
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
29.73
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.34
33.36
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
130
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
137.5
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
57.5
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
42.5
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
97.5
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
64.17
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.97
34.92
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.5
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
32.5
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Shanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA