Jake Wade, 93, Pitched for Yanks In 1946 Season
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Jake Wade, who broke into the major leagues with the Detroit Tigers and played for five other teams in the 1930s and ’40s, died Wednesday in Wildwood, N.C. He was 93.
Nicknamed “Whistling Jack,” Wade had a stroke about four years ago in the coastal North Carolina home where he returned to after retiring from baseball in 1950, said grandson Charles B. Wallace.
Wade had 27-40 career record and a 5.00 ERA during eight major league seasons with the Tigers, the St. Louis Browns, the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox, before winding up with the Washington Senators and the New York Yankees in 1946. The lefthander had his best season in Detroit in 1937, when he was 7-10 in 33 games.
His younger brother, Ben, pitched in the NL in the 1950s with Chicago, Brooklyn, St. Louis and Pittsburgh.
After leaving baseball, Wade worked as an electronics repair technician at Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station in nearby Havelock until his retirement in 1976, Sara Wallace said.
