Jim Blackburn vs. Kris Bubic — Career Comparison

Jim Blackburn
Greatest GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kris Bubic
Gen ZCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Kris Bubic built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Blackburn as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kris Bubic posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.14 and WHIP 1.414 compared to 5.5 and 1.722 for Jim Blackburn. By the career numbers, Kris Bubic had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Blackburn and Kris Bubic

Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.5
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
2.23
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.53
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.36
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.5
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.69
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.55
34.55
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.38
68.38
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
5.5
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
4.14
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.31
6.31
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
27
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1415
27
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
9
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
471.2
9
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
11.5
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
472
9.01
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.01
9.01
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
1.09
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
4
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
3.63
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.75
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
8.47
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.47
8.47
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.344
1.344
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.5
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.32
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
41.5
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2030
38.73
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.25
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.21
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
6.25
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
4.58
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.32
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.16
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.722
1.722
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.404
1.404
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
37
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1803
34.4
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.5
41.5
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.74
38.74

Fielding Stats for Jim Blackburn and Kris Bubic

Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.23
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.53
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1415
27
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
471.2
9
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.27
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.82
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.18
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.09
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.94
91.94
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.389
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.487
0.487
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.38
68.38
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Blackburn and Kris Bubic

Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
18
1542.86
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
14040
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
600
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
1.54
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.31
-26.34
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.51
-61.28
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
2
171.43
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
3.5
3.5
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA