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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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1940	17	LAD-min	D,B	2	1	.667	2.17	5						29.0	20	8	7		6								0.897	6.2		1.9			NBE,DHM · COPL,PIED
1941	18	CIN-min	AA	4	5	.444	2.83	32	9	14	5	0		127.0	104	51	40		84		40	5	0	3			1.480	7.4		6.0	2.8	0.48	INA · AA
1942	19	CIN-min	AA	2	11	.154	5.86	25	12		3	0		86.0	82	65	56		67		53	1	0	1			1.733	8.6		7.0	5.5	0.79	SYR · IL
1946	23	PIT-min	B,AA	16	11	.593	3.35	32	8					207.0	167	91	77		82								1.203	7.3		3.6			ANN,BIR · SEAL,SOUA
1947	24	CHC-min	AA	17	11	.607	4.33	36						239.0	306	130	115		73								1.586	11.5		2.7			NVL · SOUA
1948	25	CHC-min	AA	14	10	.583	4.92	30						194.0	238	117	106		75								1.613	11.0		3.5			NVL · SOUA
1948	25	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	7.20	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	4	4	0	4		1	0	0	0	23	58	1.600	7.2	0.0	7.2	1.8	0.25

1949	26	CHC-min	AA,AAA	18	8	.692	4.05	41	0		0	0		222.0	261	111	100		65		5	0	0	0			1.468	10.6		2.6	0.2	0.08	NVL,LOS · SOUA,PCL
1950	27	LAD-min	AAA	14	13	.519	3.67	40	36		13	4		248.0	222	118	101		83		156	6	5	4			1.230	8.1		3.0	5.7	1.88	HOL · PCL
1951	28	HOL	AAA	16	6	.727	2.61	30	23		15	4		200.0	186	67	58		76		134	4	0	2			1.310	8.4		3.4	6.0	1.76	HOL · PCL
1952	29	BRO	NL	11	9	.550	3.60	37	24	8	5	1	3	180.0	166	81	72	19	94		118	2	1	2	778	102	1.444	8.3	1.0	4.7	5.9	1.26
1953	30	BRO	NL	7	5	.583	3.79	32	0	15	0	0	3	90.1	79	40	38	15	33		65	4	0	1	377	114	1.240	7.9	1.5	3.3	6.5	1.97
1954	31	TOT	NL	1	1	.500	7.28	36	0	14	0	0	3	68.0	89	61	55	12	36		44	2	0	1	323	57	1.838	11.8	1.6	4.8	5.8	1.22
1954	31	BRO	NL	1	1	.500	8.20	23	0	10	0	0	3	45.0	62	46	41	9	21		25	0	0	1	214	51	1.844	12.4	1.8	4.2	5.0	1.19
1954	31	STL	NL	0	0		5.48	13	0	4	0	0	0	23.0	27	15	14	3	15		19	2	0	0	109	76	1.826	10.6	1.2	5.9	7.4	1.27
1955	32	PIT-min	Opn	7	8	.467	3.30	24	19		5	0		122.2	129	51	45	11	44		72	1	0	5			1.410	9.5	0.8	3.2	5.3	1.64	HOL · PCL
1955	32	PIT	NL	0	1	.000	3.21	11	1	7	0	0	1	28.0	26	12	10	3	14	4	7	1	0	0	123	129	1.429	8.4	1.0	4.5	2.3	0.50
1956	33	PIT-min	Opn	13	18	.419	4.05	37	28		13	5		184.1	188	103	83	23	56		106	4	0	4			1.324	9.2	1.1	2.7	5.2	1.89	HOL · PCL
1957	34	PIT-min	Opn	9	10	.474	3.30	39	20		5	0		163.2	163	75	60	14	54		99	2	0	3			1.326	9.0	0.8	3.0	5.4	1.83	HOL · PCL
1958	35	PIT-BAL-min	AAA	2	4	.333	5.33	26	2		0	0		49.0	64	30	29	6	11		24	1	0	1			1.531	11.8	1.1	2.0	4.4	2.18	SLC,VAN · PCL
1959	36	LAD-min	AAA	5	4	.556	4.50	24	5		0	0		64.0	59	37	32	9	24		33	4	0	2			1.297	8.3	1.3	3.4	4.6	1.38	SPO · PCL
1960	37	CHW-min	AAA	8	3	.727	4.23	48	5					115.0	114	59	54	17	45								1.383	8.9	1.3	3.5			SDG · PCL
1961	38	CHW-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	5.54	8	0					13.0	18	10	8	1	2								1.538	12.5	0.7	1.4			SDG · PCL
5 Yrs				19	17	.528	4.34	118	25	44	5	1	10	371.1	364	198	179	49	181	4	235	9	1	4	1624	91	1.468	8.8	1.2	4.4	5.7	1.30
162 Game Avg.				9	8	.528	4.34	56	12	21	2	0	5	177	173	94	85	23	86		112	4	0	2	772	91	1.468	8.8	1.2	4.4	5.7	1.30

BRO (3 yrs)				19	15	.559	4.31	92	24	33	5	1	9	315.1	307	167	151	43	148		208	6	1	4	1369	91	1.443	8.8	1.2	4.2	5.9	1.41
PIT (1 yr)				0	1	.000	3.21	11	1	7	0	0	1	28.0	26	12	10	3	14	4	7	1	0	0	123	129	1.429	8.4	1.0	4.5	2.3	0.50
STL (1 yr)				0	0		5.48	13	0	4	0	0	0	23.0	27	15	14	3	15		19	2	0	0	109	76	1.826	10.6	1.2	5.9	7.4	1.27
CHC (1 yr)				0	1	.000	7.20	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	4	4	0	4		1	0	0	0	23	58	1.600	7.2	0.0	7.2	1.8	0.25

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1948	25	CHC	NL	5.0	2	0	4	7.20	4.22	0.03	0.00	96.0	4.02	-2	-0.2	.6	0.0	-0.1	-1	.414	.499	$

1952	29	BRO	NL	180.0	37	24	81	4.05	4.07	0.10	0.00	99.2	3.93	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.1	1.3	16	.494	.499	$
1953	30	BRO	NL	90.1	32	0	40	3.99	4.59	0.30	0.00	99.1	4.25	3	0.3	1.1	-0.1	1.0	13	.511	.502	$
1954	31	BRO	NL	45.0	23	0	46	9.20	4.51	0.17	0.00	101.7	4.41	-24	-2.2	1.0	-0.1	-1.9	-19	.403	.486	$
1954	31	STL	NL	23.0	13	0	15	5.87	4.55	0.07	0.00	101.6	4.56	-3	-0.3	.7	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.475	.498	$
1955	32	PIT	NL	28.0	11	1	12	3.86	4.78	-0.27	0.00	100.7	5.08	4	0.5	1.0	-0.0	0.7	7	.542	.503	$
5 Seasons				371.1	118	25	198	4.80	4.33	0.13	0.00	99.7	4.19	-23	-2.2	1.0	-0.4	0.9	16	.482	.498	$

BRO (3 yrs)				315.1	92	24	167	4.77	4.28	0.17	0.00	99.6	4.09	-23	-2.1	1.1	-0.4	0.4	11	.477	.496	$
PIT (1 yr)				28.0	11	1	12	3.86	4.78	-0.27	0.00	100.7	5.08	4	0.5	1.0	-0.0	0.7	7	.542	.503	$
STL (1 yr)				23.0	13	0	15	5.87	4.55	0.07	0.00	101.6	4.56	-3	-0.3	.7	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.475	.498	$
CHC (1 yr)				5.0	2	0	4	7.20	4.22	0.03	0.00	96.0	4.02	-2	-0.2	.6	0.0	-0.1	-1	.414	.499	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1953	30	BRO	NL	WS	L	NYY	0	0		15.43	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	4	4	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	12	2.143	15.4	0.0	3.9	7.7	2.00
1 WS							0	0		15.43	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	4	4	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	12	2.143	15.4	0.0	3.9	7.7	2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1948	25	CHC	NL	2	5	19	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	.211	.348	.211	.558	.222	4	0	0	0	0		0

1952	29	BRO	NL	37	778	674	81	166	23	6	19	3	7	94	118	.246	.340	.383	.723	.274	258	17	2	8	0		10
1953	30	BRO	NL	32	377	340	40	79	10	3	15	1	5	33	65	.232	.308	.412	.719	.246	140	6	4	0	0		3
1954	31	TOT	NL	36	300	271	61	89	19	4	12	4	2	36	44	.328	.399	.561	.960	.344	152	4	2	5	9		4
1954	31	BRO	NL	23	214	182	46	62	10	2	9	2	2	21	25	.341	.393	.566	.959	.340	103	3	0	3	8		4
1954	31	STL	NL	13	86	89	15	27	9	2	3	2	0	15	19	.303	.411	.551	.962	.353	49	1	2	2	1		0
1955	32	PIT	NL	11	108	104	12	26	4	1	3	0	1	14	7	.250	.336	.394	.730	.237	41	0	1	2	3	4	2
5 Yrs				118	1568	1408	198	364	56	14	49	8	15	181	235	.259	.344	.423	.767	.277	595	27	9	15	12	4	19
162 Game Avg.				56	746	670	94	173	27	7	23	4	7	86	112	.259	.344	.423	.767	.277	283	13	4	7	6		9
MLB Averages																.261	.337	.379	.715	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1948	25	CHC	NL	-1.5	-0.1	6	0.0	0.0	0.0	.06	0.2	0.0	1.0	0.1	0.06	1.5	0	0	1

1952	29	BRO	NL	1.4	0.2	791	1.9	13.7	-11.8	1.01	-0.4	2.3	5.1	0.5	1.01	-4.8	4	4	5
1953	30	BRO	NL	6.5	0.6	384	1.2	6.6	-5.4	.84	0.7	0.7	12.8	1.3	0.84	6.5	7	13	10
1954	31	TOT	NL	-22.9	-2.2	314	-0.0	3.7	-3.8	.72	-2.1	2.0	-21.0	-2.0	0.70	-24.4	6	7	21
1954	31	BRO	NL	-20.0	-1.9	219	0.1	3.0	-2.8	.80	-1.3	1.5	-15.5	-1.5	0.80	-17.8	5	4	14
1954	31	STL	NL	-2.9	-0.3	95	-0.2	0.8	-0.9	.52	-0.7	0.4	-5.4	-0.5	0.50	-6.6	1	3	7
1955	32	PIT	NL	2.5	0.2	115	0.9	2.0	-1.1	.90	0.2	0.8	5.7	0.6	0.87	2.4	1	2	6
5 Yrs				-13.9	-1.3	1610	4.0	26.0	-22.0	.90	-1.4	5.9	3.6	0.5	0.90	-18.7	18	26	43

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1952	29	BRO	NL	37	24	9	9	6	2	3	12	12	.500	2	3	5	1	11	46%	52.1	89	34	23	7	16	6	4.0	3.6	6.4

1955	32	PIT	NL	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	32.0	32	32	2	0	1	0	7.9	9.0	3.7
2 Yrs				48	25	9	9	7	2	3	13	12	.520	2	4	5	1	11	44%	51	89	32	25	7	17	6	4.2	3.7	6.3
MLB Averages													.500						49%	50	118	-9					4.6	4.5	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1948	25	CHC	NL	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0			.058	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	7.5

1952	29	BRO	NL	37	13	8	2	0	3	3	0	100%	4	0	9	3	33%	8	1.012	4	4	5	5	0	8	6	7	11	2	11	1	6.2
1953	30	BRO	NL	32	32	15	7	5	3	3	0	100%	3	0	29	6	21%	5	.843	7	13	10	7	3	22	14	18	20	7	20	4	8.5
1954	31	TOT	NL	36	36	14	1	1	4	3	1	75%	4	0	24	4	17%		.718	6	7	21	5	1	28	12	22	26	5	25	5	5.7
1954	31	BRO	NL	23	23	10	1	1	4	3	1	75%	4	0	14	2	14%	7	.797	5	4	14	5	1	17	7	16	18	1	18	3	5.9
1954	31	STL	NL	13	13	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	10	2	20%		.523	1	3	7	0	0	11	5	6	8	4	7	2	5.3
1955	32	PIT	NL	11	10	7	0	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	8	2	25%	8	.898	1	2	6	1	0	8	5	4	7	0	6	0	7.3
5 Yrs				118	93	44	10	8	11	10	1	91%	12	0	70	15	21%		.904	18	26	43	18	4	67	37	52	66	14	63	10	6.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1948	25	CHC	NL	23	80%	0.0%	20.0%	80.0%	0.0%	0%	0.25	360%	0	0

1952	29	BRO	NL	778	53%	2.4%	15.2%	12.1%	6.2%	29%	0.73	69%	172	17	10%
1953	30	BRO	NL	377	61%	4.0%	17.2%	8.8%	7.4%	35%	0.70	69%	70	6	9%
1954	31	TOT	NL	323	65%	4.0%	14.7%	12.0%	11.7%	39%	0.58	75%	70	4	6%
1954	31	BRO	NL	214	65%	4.2%	11.7%	9.8%	9.8%	34%	0.62	73%	53	3	6%
1954	31	STL	NL	109	65%	3.5%	22.1%	17.4%	16.3%	52%	0.48	79%	17	1	6%
1955	32	PIT	NL	123	63%	2.8%	6.5%	13.0%	7.4%	31%	0.51	90%	22	0	0%
5 Yrs				1624	58%	3.1%	15.0%	11.5%	7.6%	33%	0.68	72%	334	27	8%
MLB Averages					50%	2.4%	12.4%	11.7%	6.9%	25%	0.95	92%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1948	25	CHC	NL	5	4			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0											18

1952	29	BRO	NL	778	166			19	0	27	7	12	18	1	39	17	10	44%	10	2	1	302	3	7	30%	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1953	30	BRO	NL	377	79			15	0	9	12	3	6	9	17	7	3	41%	3	1	0	152	1	5	17%	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1954	31	TOT	NL	300	89			12	0	12	10	2	7	5	26	14	3	54%	4	1	0	131	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	13	23
1954	31	BRO	NL	214	62			9	0	9	9	0	5	4	22	12	2	55%	4	1	0	88	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	0
1954	31	STL	NL	86	27			3	0	3	1	2	2	1	4	2	1	50%	0	0	0	43	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	23
1955	32	PIT	NL	108	26			3	0	7	2	1	2	1	8	3	2	38%	2	0	0	45	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	15
5 Yrs				1568	364			49	0	55	31	18	33	16	90	41	18	46%	19	4	1	630	8	15	35%	8	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	23	56
MLB Averages																		52%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1948	25	0	1	.000	7.20	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	4	4	0	4		1	0	0	0	23	58	1.600	7.2	0.0	7.2	1.8	0.25	58
1949	26	0	1	.000	7.20	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	4	4	0	4		1	0	0	0	23	58	1.600	7.2	0.0	7.2	1.8	0.25	58
1950	27	0	1	.000	7.20	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	4	4	0	4		1	0	0	0	23	58	1.600	7.2	0.0	7.2	1.8	0.25	58
1951	28	0	1	.000	7.20	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	4	4	0	4		1	0	0	0	23	58	1.600	7.2	0.0	7.2	1.8	0.25	58
1952	29	11	10	.524	3.70	39	24	8	5	1	3	185.0	170	85	76	19	98		119	2	1	2	801	100	1.449	8.3	0.9	4.8	5.8	1.21	100
1953	30	18	15	.545	3.73	71	24	23	5	1	6	275.1	249	125	114	34	131		184	6	1	3	1178	104	1.380	8.1	1.1	4.3	6.0	1.40	104
1954	31	19	16	.543	4.43	107	24	37	5	1	9	343.1	338	186	169	46	167		228	8	1	4	1501	89	1.471	8.9	1.2	4.4	6.0	1.37	89
1955	32	19	17	.528	4.34	118	25	44	5	1	10	371.1	364	198	179	49	181	4	235	9	1	4	1624	91	1.468	8.8	1.2	4.4	5.7	1.30	91

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1948	25	0	0		9.00	5.0	4	6	5	0	4	1	0	1.600	7.2	7.2	1.8	0.25	0.0	2

1952	29	9	10	.474	4.19	176.0	181	91	82	21	102	115	2	1.608	9.3	5.2	5.9	1.13	1.1	37
1953	30	5	5	.500	3.62	92.0	79	41	37	15	33	66	4	1.217	7.7	3.2	6.5	2.00	1.5	32
1954	31	2	5	.286	7.07	70.0	91	61	55	12	37	45	2	1.829	11.7	4.8	5.8	1.22	1.5	36
1955	32	2	1	.667	3.10	29.0	27	11	10	3	15	7	1	1.448	8.4	4.7	2.2	0.47	0.9	11
5 Yrs		18	21	.462	4.57	372.0	382	210	189	51	191	234	9	1.540	9.2		5.7	1.23	1.2	118

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1952 NL 5.900 (4th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1952 NL 118 (8th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1952 NL 19 (7th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1952 NL 94 (4th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 NL 5.900 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1952 NL 118 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1952 NL 19 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1952 NL 94 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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