Elias Sosa vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Elias Sosa
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Elias Sosa as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Elias Sosa posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.32 and WHIP 1.383 compared to 3.77 and 1.309 for Lee Wade. By the career numbers, Elias Sosa had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Elias Sosa and Lee Wade

Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
5.89
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.99
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.64
53.64
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.08
48.08
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.76
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.81
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
3.32
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
3.77
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2754
27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
918
9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
873
8.56
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
504
9.59
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.56
8.56
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.59
9.59
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.63
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
334
3.27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.62
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
5.27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
4.22
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.3
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.21
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3880
38.04
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2051
39.03
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
3.24
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
3.8
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275
5.23
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.68
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.32
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.79
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.55
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.315
1.315
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3423
33.56
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1860
35.39
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.04
38.04
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Elias Sosa and Lee Wade

Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
5.89
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
1.28
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2755
27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
918.1
9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.51
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
1.21
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.69
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.1
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
1.81
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
1.72
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.47
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.59
94.59
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.28
91.28
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Elias Sosa and Lee Wade

Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
602
3506.8
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
103
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
92
535.92
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
535
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
12
69.9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
102.5
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
11
64.08
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
80
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.83
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.83
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.5
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
1.53
8.94
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.34
33.36
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
13
75.73
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
130
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
15
87.38
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
137.5
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.299
0.299
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.65
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
57.5
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
6
34.95
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
42.5
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
8
46.6
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
97.5
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.03
-6
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.97
34.92
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
3
17.48
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
32.5
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
35
203.88
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.94
2.94
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
46.6
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
30
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.83
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.65
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.65
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA