Bud Swartz vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Silent GenerationOklahomaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Bud Swartz 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 6.75 and 3.000 for Bud Swartz. By the career numbers, Lee Wade had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Swartz and Lee Wade

Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
8.44
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.99
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.08
48.08
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.76
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
3.77
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.29
13.29
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
15.19
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
504
9.59
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.19
15.19
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.59
9.59
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
11.81
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.81
11.81
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.22
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
54
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
39.03
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
8.44
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
10.13
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
5.23
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
42.19
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1860
35.39
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
54
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Bud Swartz and Lee Wade

Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.28
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1713
27
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
9
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.69
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.47
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.28
91.28
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Swartz and Lee Wade

Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
3000
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
535
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
102.5
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
80
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.5
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.34
33.36
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
130
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
137.5
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
57.5
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
42.5
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
97.5
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
423.33
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.97
34.92
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
32.5
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA