Herman Besse vs. Clint Blume — Career Comparison

Herman Besse
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Clint Blume
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Herman Besse built a career as a starting pitcher and Clint Blume as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clint Blume posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.515 compared to 6.79 and 1.755 for Herman Besse. By the career numbers, Clint Blume had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Herman Besse and Clint Blume

Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
2.41
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.55
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.93
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.82
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.56
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.46
38.46
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
6.79
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.79
6.79
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
728
27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242.2
9
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
298
11.05
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
7.91
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.89
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.75
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
5.73
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
4.38
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.09
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.014
1.014
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.758
0.758
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.22
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.3
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1145
42.47
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
39.55
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.04
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.45
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
7.23
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.82
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.23
7.23
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.756
1.756
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.515
1.515
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1009
37.42
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
33.27
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.47
42.47
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.55
39.55

Fielding Stats for Herman Besse and Clint Blume

Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.22
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.539
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Herman Besse and Clint Blume

Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
430.3
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
866.67
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
600
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
545.45
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
6
400
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.722
0.722
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
109.09
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
96.97
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.12
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.12
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.85
35.45
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
51.96
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
121.21
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
163.64
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.495
0.495
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
48.48
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
90.91
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
139.39
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.58
39.88
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.1
73.56
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
54.55
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
20
121.21
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.95
4.95
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA