Ron Blackburn vs. Bob Kelly — Career Comparison

Ron Blackburn
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bob Kelly
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bob Kelly built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Blackburn as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ron Blackburn posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.5 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 4.5 and 1.456 for Bob Kelly. By the career numbers, Ron Blackburn had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blackburn and Bob Kelly

Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
5.33
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
3.06
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.87
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.3
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.45
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.46
28.46
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.17
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.33
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.5
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
4.5
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1086
27
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
362
9
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
9.25
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
9.3
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.25
9.25
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.5
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
3.78
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.75
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
4.17
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
3.63
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.852
0.852
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.823
0.823
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.45
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
477
39.75
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1576
39.18
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.99
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
4.5
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
5.12
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.417
1.417
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.453
1.453
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
35.83
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1418
35.25
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.75
39.75
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.18
39.18

Fielding Stats for Ron Blackburn and Bob Kelly

Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
5.33
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
37.31
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.21
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
27
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.2
9
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.28
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.58
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
21.54
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.25
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.52
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
2.25
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
30.34
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
2
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
28.82
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.772
0.772
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.52
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blackburn and Bob Kelly

Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
2953.85
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
760.82
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
600
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
12
553.85
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
556.7
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.923
0.923
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
98.97
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
98.97
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.88
86.67
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.51
15.53
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
369.23
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
98.97
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
111.34
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.917
0.917
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.374
0.374
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.889
0.889
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
18.56
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.19
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
24.74
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.88
86.55
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.95
12.05
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.37
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
184.62
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
136.08
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.41
4.41
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
30.93
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.37
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA