Vern Bickford vs. Clint Blume — Career Comparison

Vern Bickford
Greatest GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Clint Blume
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Vern Bickford 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 3.71 and 1.400 for Vern Bickford. By the career numbers, Clint Blume had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Vern Bickford and Clint Blume

Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
1.52
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.55
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.25
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.55
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.82
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.48
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.66
53.66
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.87
81.87
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.61
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
444
3.71
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3229
27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1076.1
9
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1040
8.7
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
7.91
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.64
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
3.9
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
5.73
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
450
3.76
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.09
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.852
0.852
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.758
0.758
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.12
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.21
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4641
38.81
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
39.55
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.19
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.45
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
500
4.18
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.82
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.515
1.515
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4149
34.69
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
33.27
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.55
39.55

Fielding Stats for Vern Bickford and Clint Blume

Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
409.5
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
9
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
153
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
454.5
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
13.5
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
621
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
607.5
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.83
97.83
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.484
1.484
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
42.75
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Vern Bickford and Clint Blume

Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
182
265.05
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
866.67
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
412
600
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
365
531.55
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
6
400
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.413
0.413
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.722
0.722
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
83.01
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
77.18
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.83
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.83
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.71
12.69
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
51.96
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
88.83
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
97.57
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
33.5
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
40.78
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
74.27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.38
4.93
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.1
73.56
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
14.56
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
85
123.79
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.85
4.85
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
53.88
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
14.56
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA