Cliff Blackmon vs. Thomas Saxon — Career Comparison

Cliff Blackmon
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Thomas Saxon
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Cliff Blackmon and Thomas Saxon are fairly close on the surface numbers. Thomas Saxon posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.05 vs 6.28) and WHIP (1.200 vs 1.797). Cliff Blackmon had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.35 per nine innings vs 0.68). By the career numbers, Thomas Saxon had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Cliff Blackmon and Thomas Saxon

Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
1.78
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.7
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.15
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.29
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.75
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.78
27.78
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.52
64.52
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.58
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
6.28
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.05
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
27
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
27
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156.1
9
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.1
9
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
197
11.34
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
6.08
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.34
11.34
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.08
6.08
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.35
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
4.84
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.73
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
4.89
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.38
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.081
1.081
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
42.89
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
39.83
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
7.83
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.73
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.32
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.69
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.797
1.797
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
636
36.61
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
33.75
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.351
0.351
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.182
0.182
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.89
42.89
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.83
39.83

Fielding Stats for Cliff Blackmon and Thomas Saxon

Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
1.84
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.7
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.15
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
27
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
27
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156.1
9
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.1
9
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.13
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.03
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.48
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.03
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.3
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.03
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.02
93.02
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cliff Blackmon and Thomas Saxon

Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
309.09
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
400
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
600
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
518.18
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.447
0.447
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
63.64
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
45.45
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.18
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.63
23.88
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
29.73
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
90.91
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
127.27
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
54.55
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
27.27
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
81.82
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.09
18.98
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
68.03
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
54.55
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
27.27
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.18
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA