Ed Blake vs. Wenty Ford — Career Comparison

Ed Blake
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Wenty Ford
Baby BoomersBahamasThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Wenty Ford 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. Wenty Ford posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.51 and WHIP 1.531 compared to 6.23 and 2.308 for Ed Blake. By the career numbers, Wenty Ford had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Blake and Wenty Ford

Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.31
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.2
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.1
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.55
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.1
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.55
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.23
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5.51
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.51
5.51
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.54
11.54
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.68
5.68
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.15
10.15
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16.1
9
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
15.58
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
9.37
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.58
15.58
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.37
9.37
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.65
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.15
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
4.41
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.2
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.735
0.735
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.55
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.55
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
47.77
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
39.67
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.19
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.55
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8.31
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5.51
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.51
5.51
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.55
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.55
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.1
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.192
2.192
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.531
1.531
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
43.62
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
33.61
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.77
47.77
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.67
39.67

Fielding Stats for Ed Blake and Wenty Ford

Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
43.2
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.2
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.1
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
27
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
9
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16.1
9
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.55
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
21.6
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.65
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
5.4
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
32.4
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.2
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
27
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.2
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Blake and Wenty Ford

Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
480
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
88.74
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Wenty Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.94
113.33
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Wenty Ford
Career
Per 600 PA