Ed Blake vs. Sean Douglass — Career Comparison

Ed Blake
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sean Douglass
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Sean Douglass built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Blake as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sean Douglass posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 6.11 and WHIP 1.652 compared to 6.23 and 2.308 for Ed Blake. By the career numbers, Sean Douglass had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Blake and Sean Douglass

Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.31
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
2.34
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.34
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.3
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.56
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
35
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.41
57.41
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.23
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
6.11
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.11
6.11
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.54
11.54
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.15
10.15
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.38
5.38
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
623
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207.2
9
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
15.58
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
9.62
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.58
15.58
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.62
9.62
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.47
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.15
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
4.9
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.35
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
6.72
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.72
6.72
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.291
1.291
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.35
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.35
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
47.77
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
936
40.57
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.19
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.3
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8.31
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
6.46
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.46
6.46
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.39
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.87
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.192
2.192
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.613
1.613
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
43.62
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
803
34.8
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.77
47.77
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.57
40.57

Fielding Stats for Ed Blake and Sean Douglass

Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
43.2
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
2.34
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.34
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
27
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
623
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
9
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207.2
9
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.61
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
21.6
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.78
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
5.4
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
32.4
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
1.39
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
27
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
1.39
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.625
0.625
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.593
0.593
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.41
57.41
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Blake and Sean Douglass

Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
8
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
16200
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.2
-60
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA