Ed Blake vs. Pete Fries — Career Comparison

Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
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Looking at the career totals, Ed Blake and Pete Fries are fairly close on the surface numbers. Pete Fries posted stronger numbers in WHIP (1.920 vs 2.308) and home runs allowed (0.36 per nine innings vs 4.15). Ed Blake had the advantage in ERA (6.23 vs 6.48). By the career numbers, Pete Fries had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Ed Blake and Pete Fries

Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.31
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.08
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.08
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.08
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.08
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6.23
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
6.48
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.23
6.23
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.54
11.54
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.06
6.06
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.15
10.15
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
9
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
15.58
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
12.24
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.58
15.58
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.24
12.24
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.15
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
5.04
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.52
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.88
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
47.77
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
45.36
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.19
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.31
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
11.16
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.16
11.16
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.192
2.192
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
43.62
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
40.32
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.77
47.77
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.36
45.36

Fielding Stats for Ed Blake and Pete Fries

Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
43.2
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.97
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
27
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
9
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
21.6
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.46
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
5.4
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.73
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
32.4
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
2.43
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
27
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.7
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
70
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Blake and Pete Fries

Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
600
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
520
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.867
0.867
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.59
103.46
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
240
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
240
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.862
0.862
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.889
0.889
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.51
100.39
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA