Sam Shaw vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Sam Shaw
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Sam Shaw as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lee Wade posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.77 and WHIP 1.309 compared to 3.91 and 1.522 for Sam Shaw. By the career numbers, Lee Wade had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sam Shaw and Lee Wade

Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.04
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.24
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.04
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.99
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.39
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.08
48.08
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.76
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
3.91
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
3.77
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
10.04
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
504
9.59
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.04
10.04
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.59
9.59
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
3.65
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
3
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.22
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.739
0.739
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.7
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.27
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
42.13
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
39.03
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
6.39
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
5.23
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.39
6.39
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
36.78
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1860
35.39
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.13
42.13
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Sam Shaw and Lee Wade

Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.04
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.28
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.7
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
1.69
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.65
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.24
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.61
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.96
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.47
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.28
91.28
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.875
1.875
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Shaw and Lee Wade

Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
8
165.52
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
187.5
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
558.62
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
535
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
102.5
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
80
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.5
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1.42
29.43
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.34
33.36
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
5
103.45
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
130
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
144.83
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
137.5
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.427
0.427
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.364
0.364
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
57.5
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
42.5
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
97.5
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1.52
31.52
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.97
34.92
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
32.5
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
5
103.45
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.8
5.8
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA