Jack Spring vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Jack Spring
Silent GenerationWashingtonThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Spring 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 4.26 and 1.565 for Jack Spring. By the career numbers, Lee Wade had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Spring and Lee Wade

Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
7.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.99
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.58
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.59
70.59
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.08
48.08
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.76
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.39
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
4.26
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
3.77
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
9.44
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
504
9.59
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.59
9.59
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.02
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
3.77
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.87
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
4.16
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.22
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.882
0.882
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
823
39.82
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
39.03
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
2.47
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
5.13
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
275
5.23
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.13
5.13
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
35.81
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1860
35.39
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.82
39.82
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Jack Spring and Lee Wade

Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
7.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
1.28
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.89
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
1.69
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
2.52
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
2.32
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.47
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.31
92.31
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.28
91.28
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Spring and Lee Wade

Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
2735.29
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
28
494.12
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
214
535
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
102.5
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
80
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.5
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
7
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.34
33.36
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
130
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
137.5
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
57.5
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
42.5
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
97.5
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.43
-7.54
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.97
34.92
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
32.5
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
16
282.35
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.13
2.13
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
88.24
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
30
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA