Jose Sosa vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Jose Sosa
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Sosa 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 4.6 and 1.739 for Jose Sosa. By the career numbers, Lee Wade had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Sosa and Lee Wade

Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.22
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.99
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.46
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.08
48.08
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.76
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.6
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
3.77
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
10.28
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
504
9.59
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.28
10.28
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.59
9.59
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.77
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
4.45
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.52
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
4.22
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.108
1.108
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.27
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
40.81
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
39.03
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.69
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.6
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
275
5.23
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.07
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.636
1.636
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
34.06
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1860
35.39
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.343
0.343
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.81
40.81
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Jose Sosa and Lee Wade

Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.22
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
1.28
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.46
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.69
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.38
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.38
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.47
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.28
91.28
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.88
5.88
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Sosa and Lee Wade

Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
2333.33
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
535
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.111
1.111
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
102.5
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
80
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
20
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.5
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
22.5
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.96
130.43
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.34
33.36
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
466.67
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
130
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
137.5
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.778
0.778
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.111
1.111
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.445
0.445
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.167
1.167
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
57.5
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
42.5
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
97.5
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
139.28
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.97
34.92
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
32.5
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
3
200
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA