Ron Blackburn vs. Claude Passeau — Career Comparison

Ron Blackburn
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Passeau
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Passeau 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. Claude Passeau posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.32 and WHIP 1.318 compared to 3.5 and 1.500 for Ron Blackburn. By the career numbers, Claude Passeau had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blackburn and Claude Passeau

Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
5.33
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
1.47
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.1
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.54
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
0.5
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.92
51.92
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.55
74.55
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.62
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.33
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.07
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
3.5
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
3.32
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8159
27
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2719.2
9
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
9.25
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2856
9.45
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.25
9.25
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.45
9.45
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.35
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
3.5
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
728
2.41
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.75
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
4.17
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1104
3.65
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.852
0.852
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.674
0.674
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.07
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.13
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
477
39.75
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11642
38.53
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.28
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
4.5
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1204
3.98
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.417
1.417
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.318
1.318
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
430
35.83
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10875
35.99
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.75
39.75
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.53
38.53

Fielding Stats for Ron Blackburn and Claude Passeau

Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
5.33
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
27
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
9
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.42
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.58
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.25
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
730
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
713
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.67
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.375
0.375
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.606
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.25
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blackburn and Claude Passeau

Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
2953.85
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
447
255.43
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1050
600
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
12
553.85
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
982
561.14
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.923
0.923
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.515
0.515
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
189
108
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
81.14
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
16.57
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.71
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
8.57
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
26.86
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.88
86.67
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.94
34.25
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
369.23
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
153.71
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
216
123.43
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.917
0.917
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.488
0.488
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.889
0.889
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
45.71
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
85.14
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.88
86.55
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51.63
29.5
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.57
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.86
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
184.62
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
294
168
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.57
3.57
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
23.43
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
13
7.43
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100