Jim Blackburn vs. Jake Odorizzi — Career Comparison

Jim Blackburn
Greatest GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jake Odorizzi
MillenialIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jake Odorizzi 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. Jake Odorizzi posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.99 and WHIP 1.255 compared to 5.5 and 1.722 for Jim Blackburn. By the career numbers, Jake Odorizzi had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Blackburn and Jake Odorizzi

Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.5
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
1.73
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.7
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.53
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.5
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.5
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.75
51.75
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.34
98.34
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
5.5
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
555
3.99
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.31
6.31
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
27
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760
27
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
9
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1253.1
9
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
11.5
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1137
8.16
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.16
8.16
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
1.23
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
4
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
3.07
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.75
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1172
8.42
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.276
1.276
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.14
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.5
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.25
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
41.5
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5275
37.88
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.25
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
6.25
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
4.27
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.18
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.27
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.42
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.722
1.722
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
37
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4751
34.12
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.5
41.5
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Jim Blackburn and Jake Odorizzi

Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.73
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.7
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3760
27
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1253.1
9
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.45
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.68
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
1.19
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
1.13
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.58
94.58
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.389
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.652
0.652
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.34
98.34
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Blackburn and Jake Odorizzi

Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
18
1542.86
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
242
4840
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
600
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
514.29
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
480
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
1.54
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
4.7
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
60
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-26.34
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.63
-12.61
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
171.43
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
3.5
3.5
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.75
3.75
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA