Jim Blackburn vs. Rex Smith — Career Comparison

Jim Blackburn
Greatest GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rex Smith
Pre-GenerationalKentuckyThrows RightNorth AmericaCincinnati Red StockingsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Jim Blackburn and Rex Smith are fairly close on the surface numbers. Jim Blackburn carried a career ERA of 5.5 against Rex Smith's 5.5. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Jim Blackburn and Rex Smith — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Blackburn and Rex Smith

Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.5
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.5
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
5.5
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.5
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.31
6.31
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.72
6.72
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
27
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
9
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
11.5
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
11.5
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.75
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.5
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
3
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.5
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
41.5
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
44.5
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.25
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
6.25
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
10.5
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.25
6.25
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.722
1.722
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.111
2.111
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
37
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
37
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.5
41.5
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.5
44.5

Fielding Stats for Jim Blackburn and Rex Smith

Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
27
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
9
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.389
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Blackburn and Rex Smith

Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
1542.86
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
600
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
1.54
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
8.38
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-26.34
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.12
-8.7
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
2
171.43
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA