Ed Blake vs. Bill James — Career Comparison

Ed Blake
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill James
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill James 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. Bill James posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.2 and WHIP 1.431 compared to 6.23 and 2.308 for Ed Blake. By the career numbers, Bill James had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Blake and Bill James

Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.31
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
1.55
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.12
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.5
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.54
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.79
47.79
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.52
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.23
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
3.2
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.54
11.54
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.15
10.15
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3539
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179.2
9
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
15.58
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1110
8.47
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.58
15.58
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.47
8.47
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.12
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.15
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
578
4.41
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
3.11
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.836
0.836
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.24
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.37
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
47.77
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4958
37.83
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.19
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.22
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8.31
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
4.26
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.192
2.192
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.431
1.431
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
43.62
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4332
33.05
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.77
47.77
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.83
37.83

Fielding Stats for Ed Blake and Bill James

Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
43.2
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
27
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
9
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
21.6
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
5.4
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
32.4
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
27
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
434
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.33
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.625
0.625
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.138
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Blake and Bill James

Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
8
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
294.92
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
413
600
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
358
520.1
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.436
0.436
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
74.09
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
63.92
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.72
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.45
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.17
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.08
19
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
85.71
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
117.68
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.374
0.374
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
36.32
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
17.43
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
53.75
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.26
13.45
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.36
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
39.23
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
138
200.48
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.99
2.99
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
36.32
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.45
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.91
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.36
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.33
33.33