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Ben Wade
Benjamin Styron Wade

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 205 lb.

Debut April 30, 1948
Final Game June 12, 1955
Born November 25, 1922 in Morehead City, NC
Died December 2, 2002 in Los Angeles, CA
Brother of Jake Wade

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1948 25 CHC NL   0   1   2   0   0   0   0  0    5.0    4    4    4   0    4    1   0   0    23       0  7.20  3.91   54 1.600
 1952 29 BRO NL  11   9  37  24   5   1   8  3  180.0  166   81   72  19   94  118   2   2   778       1  3.60  3.62  101 1.444
 1953 30 BRO NL   7   5  32   0   0   0  15  3   90.3   79   40   38  15   33   65   4   1   377       0  3.79  4.28  113 1.240
 1954 31 TOT NL   1   1  36   0   0   0  14  3   68.0   89   61   55  12   36   44   2   1   323       0  7.28  4.11   57 1.838
         BRO NL   1   1  23   0   0   0  10  3   45.0   62   46   41   9   21   25   0   1   214       0  8.20  4.11   50 1.844
         STL NL   0   0  13   0   0   0   4  0   23.0   27   15   14   3   15   19   2   0   109       0  5.48  4.11   75 1.826
 1955 32 PIT NL   0   1  11   1   0   0   7  1   28.0   26   12   10   3   14    7   1   0   123   4   0  3.21  4.12  128 1.429
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .528  19  17 118  25   5   1  44 10  371.3  364  198  179  49  181  235   9   4  1624   4   1  4.34  3.91   90 1.468
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9   8  56  11   2   0  20  4  176.3  173   94   85  23   86  111   4   1   772   1   0  4.34  3.91   90 1.468
 Career High     11   9  37  24   5   1  15  3  180.0  166   81   72  19   94  118   4   2   778   4   1  3.60  4.28  113 1.240

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 25 CHC NL   2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1952 29 BRO NL  37   60    7    7   3  0   3    6   0  0   1  22  .117  .131  .317   20   19   2           0   3
 1953 30 BRO NL  32   24    1    4   0  0   1    2   0  0   0   8  .167  .167  .292   16    7   3           0   1
 1954 31 TOT NL  36    8    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   1       0   0
         BRO NL  23    5    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   1       0   0
         STL NL  13    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0       0   0
 1955 32 PIT NL  11    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .000  .200  .000  -40    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      118   98    8   11   3  0   4    9   0  0   2  37  .112  .129  .265    3   26   6   1   0   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        135   11   15   4  0   5   12   0  0   3  51  .112  .129  .265    3   36   8   1   0   0   5
 Career High     37   60    7    7   3  0   3    6   0  0   1  22                          19   3   1   0   0   3

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 25 CHC NL    2    2    0   0.0    98| .000  .264| .000  .338| .000  .391| .000  .728|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1     
 1952 29 BRO NL   63   58    2   0.9    98| .117  .263| .131  .336| .317  .391| .448  .727|  20  .060  -6.9  -0.7   0%
 1953 30 BRO NL   27   24    1   1.1   112| .167  .276| .167  .348| .292  .431| .459  .779|  16  .063  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1954 31 TOT NL   10   10    0   0.0   112| .000  .277| .000  .349| .000  .429| .000  .778|-100  .000  -2.4  -0.2   0%
         BRO NL    7    7    0   0.0   112| .000  .279| .000  .351| .000  .431| .000  .782|-100  .000  -1.5  -0.1   0%
         STL NL    3    3    0   0.0   110| .000  .275| .000  .347| .000  .425| .000  .772|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1955 32 PIT NL    5    4    0   0.0   104| .000  .263| .200  .334| .000  .416| .200  .750| -40  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       107   98    3   0.8   103| .112  .267| .129  .340| .265  .405| .394  .745|   3  .044 -13.9  -1.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1948 25 CHC NL   P    2      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  0.90  3.60  2.16    0    5.0
 1952 29 BRO NL   P   37     12   20    1    1  .970  .952  0.86  0.98  1.60  2.18   24  180.0
 1953 30 BRO NL   P   32      4    4    1    2  .889  .952  0.25  0.87  0.80  2.06    0   90.3
 1954 31 TOT NL   P   36      6    8    2    1  .875  .959  0.39  0.87  1.85  2.08    0   68.0
         BRO NL   P   23      3    5    2    0  .800  .964  0.35  0.87  1.60  2.08    0   45.0
         STL NL   P   13      3    3    0    1 1.000  .952  0.46  0.87  2.35  2.07    0   23.0
 1955 32 PIT NL   P   11      4    3    0    0 1.000  .946  0.64  0.83  2.25  2.02    1   28.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1948 25 CHC NL   P    2      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  0.90  3.60  2.16    0    5.0
 1952 29 BRO NL   P   37     12   20    1    1  .970  .952  0.86  0.98  1.60  2.18   24  180.0
 1953 30 BRO NL   P   32      4    4    1    2  .889  .952  0.25  0.87  0.80  2.06    0   90.3
 1954 31 TOT NL   P   36      6    8    2    1  .875  .959  0.39  0.87  1.85  2.08    0   68.0
         BRO NL   P   23      3    5    2    0  .800  .964  0.35  0.87  1.60  2.08    0   45.0
         STL NL   P   13      3    3    0    1 1.000  .952  0.46  0.87  2.35  2.07    0   23.0
 1955 32 PIT NL   P   11      4    3    0    0 1.000  .946  0.64  0.83  2.25  2.02    1   28.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 118     27   36    4    4  .940  .953  0.53  0.90  1.53  2.12   25  371.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       118     27   36    4    4  .940  .953  0.53  0.90  1.53  2.12   25    371

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1953   WS    BRO NYY     L   2   0  15.43  0  0  0  0   2.1   4   4   1   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1953   WS    BRO NYY     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts/9IP
1952 NL-5.90-4

Strikeouts
1952 NL-118-8

Home Runs Allow.
1952 NL-19-7

Bases On Balls Allow.
1952 NL-94-4

Gray Ink: Pitching - 4 (1934) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1611) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
Before 1940 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.
Before 1941 Season: Sent from the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Cincinnati Reds in an unknown transaction.
Before 1946 Season: Sent from the Cincinnati Reds to the Pittsburgh Pirates in an unknown transaction.
Before 1947 Season: Sent from the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Chicago Cubs in an unknown transaction.
Before 1950 Season: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Chicago Cubs.
August 8, 1954: Selected off waivers by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Brooklyn Dodgers.
January 11, 1955: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with cash to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Paul LaPalme.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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