Bill Blair vs. Marty McHale — Career Comparison

Bill Blair
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Marty McHale
Lost GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Marty McHale built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Blair as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Blair posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.61 and WHIP 1.194 compared to 3.57 and 1.289 for Marty McHale. By the career numbers, Bill Blair had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Blair and Marty McHale

Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.16
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.61
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.16
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
1.11
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.3
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.87
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.75
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.75
68.75
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.87
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.58
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.61
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
3.57
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
27
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1075
27
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
9
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
358.1
9
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
8.42
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
9.57
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.18
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
2.32
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
2.03
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.65
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
3.29
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.774
0.774
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.592
0.592
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.18
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.2
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
38.03
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1472
36.97
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.33
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
6.1
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
4.57
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.194
1.194
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.289
1.289
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
35.42
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1383
34.74
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.03
38.03
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.97
36.97

Fielding Stats for Bill Blair and Marty McHale

Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.36
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
41.14
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
7.07
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
3.27
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
57.86
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.82
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
7.07
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
4.64
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
72
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
3.82
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
64.93
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.35
82.35
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.18
90.18
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.578
1.578
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.57
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Blair and Marty McHale

Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
4
171.43
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
312
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
600
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
557.14
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
513.6
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.463
0.463
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
72
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
67.2
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.8
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.8
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.82
78.18
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.92
23.63
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
81.6
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
139.2
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.742
0.742
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
43.2
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
14.4
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
57.6
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
84.56
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.76
22.84
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.8
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
62.4
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
171.43
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
129.6
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
3.5
3.5
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.63
4.63
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
19.2
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.8
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.8
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100