Cesar Valdez vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Cesar Valdez 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 6.11 and 1.643 for Cesar Valdez. By the career numbers, Lee Wade had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cesar Valdez and Lee Wade

Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
5.54
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.99
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.4
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.45
45.45
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.08
48.08
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.76
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
6.11
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
3.77
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
11.33
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
504
9.59
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.33
11.33
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.59
9.59
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.37
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
3.05
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.4
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.05
3.05
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
7.31
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
4.22
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.56
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
505
40.58
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
39.03
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.57
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
6.83
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
5.23
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.83
6.83
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.55
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.598
1.598
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
37.13
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1860
35.39
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.58
40.58
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Cesar Valdez and Lee Wade

Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
5.54
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
1.28
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.64
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.69
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.37
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.37
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.47
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.28
91.28
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.246
0.246
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.7
8.7
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cesar Valdez and Lee Wade

Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
10350
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
535
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
102.5
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
80
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.5
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.34
33.36
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
130
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
137.5
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
57.5
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
42.5
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
97.5
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.43
-64.8
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.97
34.92
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
32.5
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.33
1.33
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA