Bobby Shantz vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Bobby Shantz
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveMVPAll-Star
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Bobby Shantz and Lee Wade are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bobby Shantz carried a career ERA of 3.38 against Lee Wade's 3.77. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Bobby Shantz and Lee Wade — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bobby Shantz and Lee Wade

Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
2.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
0.8
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.99
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.55
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.46
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.59
54.59
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.08
48.08
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.84
31.84
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.36
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.76
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.22
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
3.38
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
3.77
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5807
27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1935.2
9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1795
8.35
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
504
9.59
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.59
9.59
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
0.7
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
643
2.99
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.25
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1072
4.98
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
4.22
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.886
0.886
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.13
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.19
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8045
37.41
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2051
39.03
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.89
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
817
3.8
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275
5.23
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.309
1.309
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7361
34.23
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1860
35.39
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.52
1.52
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.41
37.41
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Bobby Shantz and Lee Wade

Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
4.82
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
1.28
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.6
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3011
27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1003.2
9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.57
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.79
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
4.2
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
1.69
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.14
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
5.91
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
2.71
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
643
5.77
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
2.47
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.57
97.57
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.28
91.28
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.195
1.195
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.45
12.45
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.43
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bobby Shantz and Lee Wade

Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
578
537.67
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
645
600
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
240
600
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
548
509.77
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
214
535
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.566
0.566
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
99.53
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
102.5
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
78.14
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
80
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
18.6
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.86
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.93
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
21.4
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.5
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.69
35.06
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
13.34
33.36
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
134
124.65
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
130
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
159
147.91
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
55
137.5
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.509
0.509
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.423
0.423
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
55.81
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
57.5
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
42.79
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
17
42.5
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
97.67
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
39
97.5
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.25
37.44
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
13.97
34.92
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.65
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.5
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
43.72
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
13
32.5
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
96
89.3
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.72
6.72
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
40.93
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
12
30
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.93
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
4
3.72
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.79
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.86
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.65
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA