Ben Wade

Benjamin Styron Wade

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 25, 1922 in Morehead City, NC
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1948
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Cardinals/Pirates/Cubs 1948-1955

Final Game: June 12, 1955
Died: December 2, 2002 in Los Angeles, CA
Cremated
Relatives: Brother of Jake Wade
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1940	17	LAD-min	B,D																									DHM,NBE · PIED,COPL
1941	18	CIN-min	AA	32	45	44	2	7	1	0	0	3	0		0	10	.159	.159	.182	.341		8		0	1			INA · AA
1942	19	CIN-min	AA	26	28	25	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	.080	.115	.120	.235		3	1	1	2			SYR · IL
1946	23	PIT-min	B,AA	33	75	75		16	4	0	2						.213	.213	.347	.560		26						ANN,BIR · SEAL,SOUA
1947	24	CHC-min	AA	51	115	115		49	6	0	2						.426	.426	.530	.957		61						NVL · SOUA
1948	25	CHC-min	AA	36	83	83		22	6	0	1						.265	.265	.373	.639		31						NVL · SOUA
1948	25	CHC	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			/1

1952	29	BRO	NL	37	63	60	7	7	3	0	3	6	0	0	1	22	.117	.131	.317	.448	20	19	3	0	2			1
1953	30	BRO	NL	32	27	24	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	8	.167	.167	.292	.458	15	7	1	0	3			1
1954	31	TOT	NL	36	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	1		1
1954	31	BRO	NL	23	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	1		1
1954	31	STL	NL	13	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0		1
1955	32	PIT-min	Opn	24	40	35	2	8	1	0	0	1	0		2	9	.229	.270	.257	.527		9	1	0	3	0		HOL · PCL
1955	32	PIT	NL	11	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	-40	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1956	33	PIT-min	Opn	38	66	64	10	17	3	0	6	12	0		1	22	.266	.277	.594	.871		38	2	0	1	0		HOL · PCL
1957	34	PIT-min	Opn	39	59	54	2	7	1	0	0	3	0		0	16	.130	.127	.148	.275		8	0	0	4	1		HOL · PCL
1958	35	BAL-PIT-min	AAA	27	13	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.077	.077	.077	.154		1	0	0	0	0		VAN,SLC · PCL
1959	36	LAD-min	AAA	24	17	16	1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	.063	.063	.063	.125		1		0	1	0		SPO · PCL
1960	37	CHW-min	AAA	48	33	32	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	.219	.242	.250	.492		8						SDG · PCL
1961	38	CHW-min	AAA	8	4	4		2									.500	.500										SDG · PCL
5 Seasons				118	107	98	8	11	3	0	4	9	0	0	2	37	.112	.129	.265	.394	3	26	4	0	6	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	147	135	11	15	4	0	5	12	0		3	51	.112	.129	.265	.394	3	36	5	0	8

BRO (3 yrs)				92	97	89	8	11	3	0	4	9	0	0	1	31	.124	.132	.292	.424	11	26	4	0	6	1
PIT (1 yr)				11	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	-40	0	0	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				13	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1948	25	CHC	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1

1952	29	BRO	NL	63	-7	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	1
1953	30	BRO	NL	27	-3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
1954	31	BRO	NL	7	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1954	31	STL	NL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1955	32	PIT	NL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
5 Seasons				107	-14	0	0	0	0	7	3	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$

BRO (3 yrs)				97	-11	0	0	0	0	7	3	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$
PIT (1 yr)				5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
STL (1 yr)				3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
CHC (1 yr)				2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1948	25	CHC	NL	2	2	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.263	.000	.336	.000	.389	.000	.726	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1952	29	BRO	NL	63	58	2	0.9	99	.114	.117	.264	.131	.337	.317	.393	.448	.730	20	.060	-7.0	-0.7	.357	.217	.200	.0
1953	30	BRO	NL	27	24	1	1.1	113	.200	.167	.278	.167	.350	.292	.433	.458	.782	15	.062	-3.2	-0.3	.333	.125	.125	.0
1954	31	TOT	NL	10	10	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.277	.000	.349	.000	.428	.000	.778	-100	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1954	31	BRO	NL	7	7	0	0.0	113	.000	.000	.279	.000	.351	.000	.431	.000	.782	-100	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1954	31	STL	NL	3	3	0	0.0	109	.000	.000	.274	.000	.345	.000	.424	.000	.769	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1955	32	PIT	NL	5	4	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.263	.200	.334	.000	.417	.200	.751	-40	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.250	.250	.000
5 Seasons				107	98	3	0.8	103	.121	.112	.268	.129	.341	.265	.406	.394	.747	3	.044	-14.0	-1.4	.308	.173	.153	.0
162 Game Avg.				147	135	4	0.8	103	.121	.112	.268	.129	.341	.265	.406	.394	.747	3	.044	-14.0	-1.4	.308	.173	.153

BRO (3 yrs)				97	89	3	0.9	103	.127	.124	.268	.132	.341	.292	.406	.424	.747	11	.052	-11.7	-1.2	.329	.180	.169	.0
PIT (1 yr)				5	4	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.263	.200	.334	.000	.417	.200	.751	-40	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.250	.250	.000
STL (1 yr)				3	3	0	0.0	109	.000	.000	.274	.000	.345	.000	.424	.000	.769	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
CHC (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.263	.000	.336	.000	.389	.000	.726	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1953	30	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	25	CHC	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				50%

1952	29	BRO	NL	63	4.8%	34.9%	1.6%	9.5%	86%	22.00	2.7	20.0	10.0	2.08	56%
1953	30	BRO	NL	27	3.7%	29.6%	0.0%	3.7%	25%		3.0	24.0	12.0	4.00	56%
1954	31	TOT	NL	10	0.0%	30.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.7		8.0	0.75	60%
1954	31	BRO	NL	7	0.0%	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%			5.0		5.0	0.50	71%
1954	31	STL	NL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5				33%
1955	32	PIT	NL	5	0.0%	60.0%	20.0%	0.0%		3.00	1.3				20%
5 Seasons				107	3.7%	34.6%	1.9%	6.5%	64%	18.50	2.6	24.5	10.9	2.16	54%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.3%	9.7%	6.5%	28%	1.05	8.6	44.6	8.0	0.95	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1948	25	CHC	NL	-0.6	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1952	29	BRO	NL	-7.0	-0.7	63	-1.1	0.3	-1.4	.80	-0.6	-0.8	-8.8	-0.9	0.95	-6.6	0
1953	30	BRO	NL	-3.2	-0.3	27	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.83	-0.2	-0.1	-3.5	-0.3	0.94	-2.4	0
1954	31	TOT	NL	-2.4	-0.2	10	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.89	-0.2	0.0	-2.5	-0.2	1.00	-2.6	0
1954	31	BRO	NL	-1.5	-0.2	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.87	-0.2	0.0	-1.9	-0.2	1.10	-1.8	0
1954	31	STL	NL	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.92	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.78	-0.8	0
1955	32	PIT	NL	-0.8	-0.1	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.57	-0.1	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.63	-0.7	0
5 Seasons				-14.0	-1.4	105	-1.6	0.5	-2.1	.81	-1.1	-0.9	-15.4	-1.5	0.94	-12.4	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1952	29	BRO	NL	0	80%	6	100%	0	0	4	4
1953	30	BRO	NL	1	0%	7	100%	1	1	0	0
1954	31	TOT	NL	0		0		0	0	0	0
1954	31	BRO	NL	0		0		0	0	0	0
1954	31	STL	NL	0		0		0	0	0	0
1955	32	PIT	NL	0	0%	1		0	0	0	0
5 Seasons				1	44%	14	100%	1	1	4	4

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1952	29	BRO	NL	63	27%	7			0	0	0	0		3	0	1	1	2	1	2	0	2	2	100%	13	3	23%	15	2	13%	38	3	8%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1953	30	BRO	NL	27	19%	4			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	3	100%	4	1	25%	6	2	33%	14	1	7%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1954	31	TOT	NL	10	40%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	8	1	13%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1954	31	BRO	NL	7	14%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	8	1	13%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1954	31	STL	NL	3	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1955	32	PIT	NL	5	60%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Seasons				105	28%	11			0	0	0	0		4	0	2	2	2	1	3	0	6	6	100%	21	4	19%	25	5	20%	61	5	8%	4	1	25%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			123%			16%			32%			15%			50%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1948	25	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1949	26	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1950	27	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1951	28	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1952	29	39	65	62	7	7	3	3	6	0	1	23	.113	.127	.306	.433	16	19	3	2
1953	30	71	92	86	8	11	3	4	8	0	1	31	.128	.138	.302	.440	15	26	4	5
1954	31	107	102	94	8	11	3	4	9	0	1	34	.117	.125	.277	.402	5	26	4	6	1
1955	32	118	107	98	8	11	3	4	9	0	2	37	.112	.129	.265	.394	3	26	4	6	1	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1948	25	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2

1952	29	39	64	63	9	8	3	0	3	8	0	1	23	.127	.141	.317	.458	3	37
1953	30	33	25	25	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	8	.160	.160	.280	.440	1	32
1954	31	38	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	36
1955	32	12	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	11
5 Seasons		124	105	102	10	12	3	0	4	11	0	2	38	.118	.133	.265	.398	4	118
162 Game Avg.		162	137	133	13	16	4	0	5	14	0	3	50	.118	.133	.265	.398	5	118

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