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Jake Wade

Jacob Fields Wade (Whistling Jake)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 1, 1912 in Morehead City, NC
School: North Carolina State University (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1936
Teams (by GP): Tigers/WhiteSox/RedSox/Yankees/Senators/... 1936-1946

Final Game: September 13, 1946
Died: February 1, 2006 in Wildwood, NC
Buried: Bayview Cemetery, Morehead City, NC
Relatives: Brother of Ben Wade
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1931	19	-min	B,C	5	3	.625	3.70	27						124.0	127	81	51		80							1.669	9.2		5.8			EVN,RAL · IIIL,PIED
1932	20	DET-min	D	10	18	.357	3.87	33						221.0	212	132	95		135							1.570	8.6		5.5			MOL · MSVL
1933	21	DET-min	C,A	10	14	.417	5.35	40						234.0	264	164	139		124							1.658	10.2		4.8			SHV,BMT · DIXL,TL
1934	22	DET-min	A	14	11	.560	2.70	35						210.0	170	90	63		111							1.338	7.3		4.8			BMT · TL
1935	23	DET-min	AA	17	15	.531	3.97	40						263.0	235	131	116		166							1.525	8.0		5.7			POR · PCL
1936	24	-min	AA	6	8	.429	4.88	24	11					94.0	97	57	51		45							1.511	9.3		4.3			MTL · IL
1936	24	DET	AL	4	5	.444	5.29	13	11	2	4	1	0	78.1	93	60	46	7	52	30	1	0	4	371	94	1.851	10.7	0.8	6.0	3.4	0.58
1937	25	DET	AL	7	10	.412	5.39	33	25	4	7	1	0	165.1	160	106	99	13	107	69	3	0	5	744	87	1.615	8.7	0.7	5.8	3.8	0.64
1938	26	DET	AL	3	2	.600	6.56	27	2	11	0	0	0	70.0	73	56	51	9	48	23	0	0	1	325	78	1.729	9.4	1.2	6.2	3.0	0.48
1939	27	TOT	AL	1	6	.143	7.45	24	8	8	2	0	0	64.0	94	59	53	2	56	30	0	0	2	327	64	2.344	13.2	0.3	7.9	4.2	0.54
1939	27	BOS	AL	1	4	.200	6.23	20	6	8	1	0	0	47.2	68	34	33	1	37	21	0	0	2	234	76	2.203	12.8	0.2	7.0	4.0	0.57
1939	27	SLB	AL	0	2	.000	11.02	4	2	0	1	0	0	16.1	26	25	20	1	19	9	0	0	0	93	45	2.755	14.3	0.6	10.5	5.0	0.47

1942	30	CHW	AL	5	5	.500	4.10	15	10	3	3	0	0	85.2	84	45	39	2	56	32	0	0	4	389	88	1.634	8.8	0.2	5.9	3.4	0.57
1943	31	CHW	AL	3	7	.300	3.01	21	9	11	3	1	0	83.2	66	34	28	3	54	41	4	0	0	364	111	1.434	7.1	0.3	5.8	4.4	0.76
1944	32	CHW	AL	2	4	.333	4.82	19	5	11	1	0	2	74.2	75	46	40	3	41	35	0	1	3	334	71	1.554	9.0	0.4	4.9	4.2	0.85

1946	34	TOT	AL	2	1	.667	2.89	19	1	7	0	0	1	46.2	45	15	15	3	26	31	1	0	1	203	120	1.521	8.7	0.6	5.0	6.0	1.19
1946	34	NYY	AL	2	1	.667	2.29	13	1	6	0	0	1	35.1	33	9	9	2	14	22	1	0	1	148	152	1.330	8.4	0.5	3.6	5.6	1.57
1946	34	WSH	AL	0	0		4.76	6	0	1	0	0	0	11.1	12	6	6	1	12	9	0	0	0	55	73	2.118	9.5	0.8	9.5	7.1	0.75
1947	35	SFG-min	AAA	17	5	.773	2.51	32	26		18	4		197.0	188	72	55		108	78	2	0	0			1.503	8.6		4.9	3.6	0.72	JER · IL
1948	36	DET-min	AAA	8	15	.348	5.61	41	16		10	1		183.0	204	137	114		87	73	3	0	1			1.590	10.0		4.3	3.6	0.84	BFL,SDG · IL,PCL
1949	37	DET-min	AAA	3	4	.429	6.70	41	7		3	0		82.0	106	70	61		43	42	1	0	0			1.817	11.6		4.7	4.6	0.98	BFL · IL
1950	38	OAK-min	AAA	7	6	.538	4.96	26	13		7	3		107.0	111	67	59		58	34	4	2	3			1.579	9.3		4.9	2.9	0.59	BFL · IL
8 Seasons				27	40	.403	5.00	171	71	57	20	3	3	668.1	690	421	371	42	440	291	9	1	20	3057	85	1.691	9.3	0.6	5.9	3.9	0.66
162 Game Avg.				8	11	.403	5.00	48	20	16	6	1	1	188	194	118	104	12	124	82	3	0	6	859	85	1.691	9.3	0.6	5.9	3.9	0.66

DET (3 yrs)				14	17	.452	5.62	73	38	17	11	2	0	313.2	326	222	196	29	207	122	4	0	10	1440	86	1.699	9.4	0.8	5.9	3.5	0.59
CHW (3 yrs)				10	16	.385	3.95	55	24	25	7	1	2	244.0	225	125	107	8	151	108	4	1	7	1087	88	1.541	8.3	0.3	5.6	4.0	0.72
WSH (1 yr)				0	0		4.76	6	0	1	0	0	0	11.1	12	6	6	1	12	9	0	0	0	55	73	2.118	9.5	0.8	9.5	7.1	0.75
BOS (1 yr)				1	4	.200	6.23	20	6	8	1	0	0	47.2	68	34	33	1	37	21	0	0	2	234	76	2.203	12.8	0.2	7.0	4.0	0.57
NYY (1 yr)				2	1	.667	2.29	13	1	6	0	0	1	35.1	33	9	9	2	14	22	1	0	1	148	152	1.330	8.4	0.5	3.6	5.6	1.57
SLB (1 yr)				0	2	.000	11.02	4	2	0	1	0	0	16.1	26	25	20	1	19	9	0	0	0	93	45	2.755	14.3	0.6	10.5	5.0	0.47

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1936	24	DET	AL	78.1	11	60	58	0	1.0	-2	-0.3	$
1937	25	DET	AL	165.1	25	106	114	0	1.0	8	0.8	$
1938	26	DET	AL	70.0	2	56	50	0	1.0	-6	-0.4	$
1939	27	BOS	AL	47.2	6	34	32	0	1.0	-2	0.0	$
1939	27	SLB	AL	16.1	2	25	11	-1	1.0	-14	-1.1	$

1942	30	CHW	AL	85.2	10	45	45	1	1.0	0	-0.2	$
1943	31	CHW	AL	83.2	9	34	39	1	1.0	5	0.6	$
1944	32	CHW	AL	74.2	5	46	37	0	1.0	-9	-1.0	$

1946	34	NYY	AL	35.1	1	9	19	1	1.0	10	1.0	$
1946	34	WSH	AL	11.1	0	6	6	0	1.0	0	0.0	$
8 Seasons				668.1	71	421	411	2	1.0	-10	-0.6	$

DET (3 yrs)				313.2	38	222	222	0	1.0	0	0.1	$
CHW (3 yrs)				244.0	24	125	121	2	1.0	-4	-0.6	$
WSH (1 yr)				11.1	0	6	6	0	1.0	0	0.0	$
BOS (1 yr)				47.2	6	34	32	0	1.0	-2	0.0	$
NYY (1 yr)				35.1	1	9	19	1	1.0	10	1.0	$
SLB (1 yr)				16.1	2	25	11	-1	1.0	-14	-1.1	$

Standard Batting

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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	Pos
1931	19	-min	B,C	27	30	30		2	0	1	0						.067	.067	.133	.200		4				EVN,RAL · IIIL,PIED
1932	20	DET-min	D	36	81	81		11	3	0	0						.136	.136	.173	.309		14				MOL · MSVL
1933	21	DET-min	C,A	41	89	89		11	2	0	0						.124	.124	.146	.270		13				SHV,BMT · DIXL,TL
1934	22	DET-min	A	35	73	73		11	2	0	0						.151	.151	.178	.329		13				BMT · TL
1935	23	DET-min	AA	41	106	106		18	4	2	0						.170	.170	.245	.415		26				POR · PCL
1936	24	-min	AA	24	27	27		5	0	0	0						.185	.185	.185	.370		5				MTL · IL
1936	24	DET	AL	13	32	29	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	11	.172	.250	.172	.422	6	5		0	0	1
1937	25	DET	AL	33	63	59	4	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	31	.186	.226	.203	.429	8	12		0	1	1
1938	26	DET	AL	27	22	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.048	.091	.048	.139	-65	1		0	0	1
1939	27	TOT	AL	24	17	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	1
1939	27	BOS	AL	20	12	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	1
1939	27	SLB	AL	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	/1

1942	30	CHW	AL	15	30	29	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.241	.267	.241	.508	45	7	0	0	0	1
1943	31	CHW	AL	21	31	27	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	9	.148	.233	.185	.419	24	5	0	0	1	1
1944	32	CHW	AL	19	25	24	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.292	.320	.292	.612	77	7	1	0	0	1

1946	34	TOT	AL	19	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.100	.182	.100	.282	-20	1	0	1	0	1
1946	34	NYY	AL	13	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.111	.200	.111	.311	-12	1	0	1	0	1
1946	34	WSH	AL	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	/1
1947	35	SFG-min	AAA	32	82	75	7	10	2	0	0	5	0		5	25	.133	.188	.160	.348		12		0	2	JER · IL
1948	36	DET-min	AAA	44	64	62	5	10	2	0	1	6	0		1	15	.161	.175	.242	.417		15		0	1	BFL,SDG · IL,PCL
1949	37	DET-min	AAA	41	26	22	4	4	2	0	1	1	0		3	9	.182	.280	.409	.689		9		0	1	BFL · IL
1950	38	OAK-min	AAA	26	35	33	2	4	1	0	0	2	0		2	14	.121	.171	.152	.323		5		0	0	BFL · IL
8 Seasons				171	231	216	14	36	2	0	0	7	0	0	12	81	.167	.214	.176	.390	4	38	1	1	2
162 Game Avg.				162	219	205	13	34	2	0	0	7	0	0	11	77	.167	.214	.176	.390	4	36		1	2

DET (3 yrs)				73	117	109	7	17	1	0	0	2	0	0	7	50	.156	.207	.165	.372	-7	18		0	1
CHW (3 yrs)				55	86	80	5	18	1	0	0	4	0	0	5	20	.225	.271	.238	.508	47	19	1	0	1
WSH (1 yr)				6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
BOS (1 yr)				20	12	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				13	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.111	.200	.111	.311	-12	1	0	1	0
SLB (1 yr)				4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.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
1936	24	DET	AL	32	-5	0	0	0	0	3	1	-1	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$	1
1937	25	DET	AL	63	-9	0	0	0	0	5	2	-2	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$	1
1938	26	DET	AL	22	-6	0	0	0	0	2	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	1
1939	27	BOS	AL	12	-4	0	0	0	0	1	0	-3	-0.2	-3	-0.3	0.1	$	1
1939	27	SLB	AL	5	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	/1

1942	30	CHW	AL	30	-2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	1
1943	31	CHW	AL	31	-3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	1
1944	32	CHW	AL	25	-1	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$	1

1946	34	NYY	AL	10	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
1946	34	WSH	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
8 Seasons				231	-33	0	0	0	0	18	7	-8	-0.7	-8	-0.8	0.1	$

DET (3 yrs)				117	-20	0	0	0	0	10	4	-6	-0.4	-6	-0.6	0.2	$
CHW (3 yrs)				86	-6	0	0	0	0	6	3	3	0.1	3	0.3	-0.2	$
WSH (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
BOS (1 yr)				12	-4	0	0	0	0	1	0	-3	-0.2	-3	-0.3	0.1	$
NYY (1 yr)				10	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
SLB (1 yr)				5	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1936	DET	AL	24	P	13	11	4	78.1	19	1	14	4	0	.789	1.72	1.15	.956	1.99	1.96
1937	DET	AL	25	P	33	25	7	165.1	39	6	33	0	1	1.000	2.12	1.18	.954	2.05	2.01
1938	DET	AL	26	P	27	2	0	70.0	17	2	14	1	1	.941	2.06	0.59	.952	2.11	2.06
1939	TOT	AL	27	P	24	8	2	64.0	12	0	12	0	0	1.000	1.69	0.50	.951	1.93	1.89
1939	BOS	AL	27	P	20	6	1	47.2	8	0	8	0	0	1.000	1.51	0.40	.951	1.93	1.89
1939	SLB	AL	27	P	4	2	1	16.1	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	2.20	1.00	.950	1.93	1.90
1942	CHW	AL	30	P	15	10	3	85.2	31	6	23	2	3	.935	3.05	1.93	.957	2.31	2.30
1943	CHW	AL	31	P	21	9	3	83.2	14	2	11	1	2	.929	1.40	0.62	.963	2.27	2.30
1944	CHW	AL	32	P	19	5	1	74.2	6	1	4	1	1	.833	0.60	0.26	.960	2.09	2.10
1946	TOT	AL	34	P	19	1	0	46.2	13	4	9	0	0	1.000	2.51	0.68	.951	2.01	1.99
1946	NYY	AL	34	P	13	1	0	35.1	10	3	7	0	0	1.000	2.55	0.77	.951	2.01	1.99
1946	WSH	AL	34	P	6	0	0	11.1	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	2.38	0.50	.950	1.99	1.98
	8 Seasons			P	171	71	20	668.1	151	22	120	9	8	.940	1.91	0.83	.955	2.10	2.07
	8 Seasons			TOT	171	71	20	668.1	151	22	120	9	8	.940	1.91	0.83	.955	2.10	2.07

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1937 AL 8.710 (7th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1937 AL 107 (7th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1937 AL 5 (8th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1943 AL 4 (10th)
Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1936 AL 4 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 2 (2433), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1856), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

December 15, 1938: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Elden Auker and Chet Morgan to the Boston Red Sox for Pinky Higgins and Archie McKain.
September 6, 1939: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Boston Red Sox.
December 5, 1940: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the St. Louis Browns.
June 3, 1942: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
December 15, 1944: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the New York Yankees for Johnny Johnson.
August 5, 1946: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the New York Yankees.
December 4, 1947: Traded by the New York Giants with Mike Budnick, Jack Graham and $65,000 to San Diego (PCL) for Jack Harshman.

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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