Ben Wade
Benjamin Styron Wade
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 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
Final Game: June 9, 1955
Died: December 2, 2002 in Los Angeles, CA
Relatives: Brother of Jake Wade
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 54 1.600 7.2 0.0 7.2 1.8 0.25
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 1 377 113 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 50 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 75 1.826 10.6 1.2 5.9 7.4 1.27
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 0 123 127 1.429 8.4 1.0 4.5 2.3 0.50
5 Seasons 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 0 123 127 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 75 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 54 1.600 7.2 0.0 7.2 1.8 0.25

Postseason Pitching

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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*

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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
1954 31 TOT NL 36 323 271 61 89 15 3 12 3 2 36 44 .328 .399 .539 .938 .344 146 4 2 5 9
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
1954 31 STL NL 13 109 89 15 27 5 1 3 1 0 15 19 .303 .411 .483 .894 .353 43 1 2 2 1
1955 32 PIT NL 11 124 104 12 26 3 1 3 0 1 14 7 .250 .336 .385 .721 .237 40 0 1 2 3 4
2 Seasons 47 447 375 73 115 18 4 15 3 3 50 51 .307 .382 .496 .878 .312 186 4 3 7 12 4
162 Game Avg. 67 633 531 103 163 26 6 21 4 4 71 72 .307 .382 .496 .878 .312 264 6 4 10 17
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1955 32 PIT NL 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 32 32 32 2 0 1 0 7.9 9.0 3.7
1 Season 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 32 32 32 2 0 1 0 7.9 9.0 3.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 31 TOT NL 36 36 14 1 1 4 3 1 75% 4 0 22 4 18% 0.758 7 7 16 5 1 24 11 19 26 5 23 5 5.7
1954 31 BRO NL 23 23 10 1 1 4 3 1 75% 4 0 14 2 14% 7 0.808 5 6 12 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 8 2 25% 0.564 2 1 4 0 0 7 4 3 8 4 5 2 5.3
1955 32 PIT NL 11 10 7 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 7 2 29% 9 0.935 1 4 3 1 0 7 4 4 7 0 5 0 7.3
2 Seasons 47 46 21 1 2 5 4 1 80% 5 0 29 6 21% 0.808 8 11 19 6 1 31 15 23 33 5 28 5 6.0

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1948 25 CHC NL
1952 29 BRO NL
1953 30 BRO NL
1954 31 TOT NL 323 35% 3.7% 13.6% 11.2% 9.3% 34% 0.58 69% 65 4 6%
1954 31 BRO NL 214 35% 4.2% 11.7% 9.8% 9.8% 34% 0.62 73% 53 3 6%
1954 31 STL NL 109 36% 2.8% 17.4% 13.8% 8.3% 33% 0.42 62% 12 1 8%
1955 32 PIT NL 123 37% 2.4% 5.7% 11.3% 5.7% 27% 0.51 78% 22 0 0%
5 Seasons 446 35% 11.0% 52.6% 40.5% 8.3% 10% 0.55 72% 87 4 5%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 4 0 0
1952 29 BRO NL 166 19 2
1953 30 BRO NL 79 15 1
1954 31 TOT NL 269 89 12 0 10 9 1 5 5 24 14 2 58% 4 1 0 115 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 54
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 55 27 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 27 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 54
1955 32 PIT NL 106 26 3 0 7 2 1 2 1 8 3 2 38% 2 0 0 44 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17
5 Seasons 375 364 49 0 17 11 2 7 6 32 17 4 53% 6 4 0 159 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 16 71
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 54 1.600 7.2 0.0 7.2 1.8 0.25 54
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 54 1.600 7.2 0.0 7.2 1.8 0.25 54
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 54 1.600 7.2 0.0 7.2 1.8 0.25 54
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 54 1.600 7.2 0.0 7.2 1.8 0.25 54
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 99 1.449 8.3 0.9 4.8 5.8 1.21 99
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 88 1.471 8.9 1.2 4.4 6.0 1.37 88
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

Neutralized Pitching

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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 5 6 5 0 5 1 0 2.000 9.0 9.0 1.8 0.20 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 3.66 91.0 81 41 37 15 34 66 4 1.264 8.0 3.4 6.5 1.94 1.5 32
1954 31 2 5 .286 7.07 70.0 92 61 55 12 37 45 2 1.843 11.8 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 Seasons 18 21 .462 4.58 371.0 386 210 189 51 193 234 9 1.561 9.4 5.7 1.21 1.2 118

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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