Ed Blake vs. Jack Flater — Career Comparison

Ed Blake
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Flater
Lost GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Flater 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. Jack Flater posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.06 and WHIP 1.195 compared to 6.23 and 2.308 for Ed Blake. By the career numbers, Jack Flater had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Blake and Jack Flater

Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.31
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.14
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.23
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.06
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.54
11.54
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.15
10.15
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39.1
9
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
15.58
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
8.01
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.58
15.58
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.01
8.01
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.75
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.83
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.577
0.577
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.509
0.509
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
47.77
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
35.01
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.19
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8.31
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.43
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.192
2.192
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
43.62
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
31.81
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.77
47.77
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.01
35.01

Fielding Stats for Ed Blake and Jack Flater

Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
43.2
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.15
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
27
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
9
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
9
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.38
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
21.6
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
4.38
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
5.4
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
32.4
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.46
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
27
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
5.77
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.29
89.29
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Blake and Jack Flater

Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
187.5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
600
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
20.35
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
12.15
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
7
262.5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.29
2.29
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA