Dan Smith vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Gen XMinnesotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Dan Smith 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 4.66 and 1.966 for Dan Smith. By the career numbers, Lee Wade had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dan Smith and Lee Wade

Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
5.28
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.99
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.55
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.08
48.08
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.76
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.66
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
3.77
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.51
6.51
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
11.17
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
504
9.59
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.17
11.17
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.59
9.59
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.93
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
6.21
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
4.34
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
4.22
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.172
1.172
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
44.38
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
39.03
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.93
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
5.9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
5.23
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.62
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.62
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.55
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.931
1.931
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
37.24
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1860
35.39
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.38
44.38
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Dan Smith and Lee Wade

Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
5.28
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
1.28
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.62
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.69
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.93
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.93
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.47
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.28
91.28
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.177
0.177
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.76
11.76
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Smith and Lee Wade

Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
17
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
187.5
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
240
600
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
214
535
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
102.5
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
80
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.5
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.34
33.36
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
130
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
137.5
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
57.5
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
42.5
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
97.5
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.97
34.92
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
32.5
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA