Warren Spahn vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Warren Spahn
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMilwaukee BravesNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Warren Spahn and Lee Wade are fairly close on the surface numbers. Warren Spahn posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.09 vs 3.77) and WHIP (1.206 vs 1.309). Lee Wade had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.4 per nine innings vs 0.74). By the career numbers, Warren Spahn had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Warren Spahn and Lee Wade

Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
1.29
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
1.14
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.99
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
0.62
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
0.42
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.7
59.7
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.08
48.08
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.67
88.67
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
0.66
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.76
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.11
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.05
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1798
3.09
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
3.77
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15731
27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5243.2
9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4830
8.29
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
504
9.59
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.59
9.59
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
434
0.74
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1434
2.46
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.1
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2583
4.43
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
4.22
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.766
0.766
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.14
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.07
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21547
36.98
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2051
39.03
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.12
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2016
3.46
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275
5.23
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.309
1.309
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20071
34.45
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1860
35.39
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.98
36.98
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Warren Spahn and Lee Wade

Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
2.18
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
1.28
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
1.15
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9282
27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3094
9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
0.65
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
999
2.91
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
1.69
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.17
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1279
3.72
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
2.71
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1221
3.55
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
2.47
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.47
95.47
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.28
91.28
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.628
1.628
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.93
52.93
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.24
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Warren Spahn and Lee Wade

Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
783
228.61
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2055
600
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
240
600
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1872
546.57
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
214
535
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.553
0.553
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
363
105.99
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
41
102.5
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
265
77.37
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
80
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
16.64
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
1.75
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
10.22
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.5
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
28.61
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
9
22.5
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134.33
39.22
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
13.34
33.36
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
537
156.79
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
52
130
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
464
135.47
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
137.5
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.419
0.419
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
41.17
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
57.5
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
55.18
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
17
42.5
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
86.13
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
97.5
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123.31
36
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
13.97
34.92
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
2.04
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
27.45
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
32.5
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
487
142.19
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.22
4.22
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
19.85
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
30
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
4.09
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
23
6.72
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.17
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.58
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
1.75
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA