Ed Blake vs. Danny Duffy — Career Comparison

Ed Blake
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny Duffy
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny Duffy 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. Danny Duffy posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.95 and WHIP 1.321 compared to 6.23 and 2.308 for Ed Blake. By the career numbers, Danny Duffy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Blake and Danny Duffy

Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.31
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
1.8
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.57
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.52
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.52
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.18
87.18
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.23
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
3.95
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.54
11.54
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.15
10.15
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3517
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1172.1
9
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
15.58
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1111
8.53
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.58
15.58
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.53
8.53
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.11
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.32
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1048
8.05
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.05
8.05
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.262
1.262
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.4
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
47.77
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4974
38.19
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.19
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8.31
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
4.18
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.16
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.21
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.75
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.192
2.192
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.316
1.316
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
43.62
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4448
34.15
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.77
47.77
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.19
38.19

Fielding Stats for Ed Blake and Danny Duffy

Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
43.2
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
1.8
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.57
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
27
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3517
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
9
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1172.1
9
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.16
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
21.6
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
0.91
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
5.4
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
32.4
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
1.17
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
27
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
1.07
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.625
0.625
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.598
0.598
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.18
87.18
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Blake and Danny Duffy

Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
8
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
234
5850
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
600
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
550
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
9.15
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.2
-4.88
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
11
275
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.18
2.18
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA