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Ben Wade

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Full Name: Benjamin Styron Wade Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/195 First Game: April 30, 1948
Birthdate: November 25, 1922 Final Game: June 12, 1955
Birthplace: Morehead City, North Carolina MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: December 2, 2002
Deathplace: Los Angeles, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on November 25, 1922 in Morehead City, North Carolina, Ben Wade (Benjamin Styron Wade) played for the Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 5 year career. Wade broke into the bigs on April 30, 1948 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 3.60 ERA in 180 innings pitched in 1952, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Ben Wade's best season was 1952, when he posted a 3.60 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 118 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1948 CHI N 2 0 0 1 7.20 1 4 4 0 0 0 5 4 0 4 0 0 0
1952 BRO N 37 24 11 9 3.60 118 81 72 5 1 3 180 166 19 94 0 2 2
1953 BRO N 32 0 7 5 3.79 65 40 38 0 0 3 90.1 79 15 33 0 1 4
1954 STL N 13 0 0 0 5.48 19 15 14 0 0 0 23 27 3 15 0 0 2
1954 BRO N 23 0 1 1 8.20 25 46 41 0 0 3 45 62 9 21 4 1 0
1954 TOT N 36 0 1 1 7.28 44 61 55 0 0 3 68 89 12 36 4 1 2
1955 PIT N 11 1 0 1 3.21 7 12 10 0 0 1 28 26 3 14 4 0 1
Total 118 25 19 17 4.34 235 198 179 5 1 10 371.1 364 49 181 8 4 9

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1948 CHI N P 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 BRO N P 37 0 0 12 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1953 BRO N P 32 0 0 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .889
1954 STL N P 13 0 23 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
1954 BRO N P 23 0 45 3 5 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 .800
1954 TOT N P 36 0 68 6 8 2 1 0 0 3 2 1 .875
1955 PIT N P 11 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 118 0 68 27 36 4 4 0 0 3 2 1 .940

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1948 CHI N 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BRO N 37 60 7 7 3 6 .117 .131 .317 3 0 1 22 0 2 0 0 3
1953 BRO N 32 24 1 4 1 2 .167 .167 .292 0 0 0 8 0 3 0 0 1
1954 STL N 13 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BRO N 23 5 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1954 TOT N 36 8 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
1955 PIT N 11 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Total 118 98 8 11 4 9 .112 .129 .265 3 0 2 37 0 6 0 0 4

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1940).
  • Sold by Chicago Cubs to Brooklyn Dodgers (1950).
  • Claimed on waivers by St. Louis Cardinals from Brooklyn Dodgers (August 8, 1954).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with cash to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Paul LaPalme (January 11, 1955).

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