Ed Blake vs. Eric King — Career Comparison

Ed Blake
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Eric King
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Eric King 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. Eric King posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.97 and WHIP 1.353 compared to 6.23 and 2.308 for Ed Blake. By the career numbers, Eric King had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Blake and Eric King

Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.31
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
2.12
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
1.18
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.54
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric King
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.47
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.61
53.61
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.67
55.67
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.17
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.23
Eric King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
3.97
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.54
11.54
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.15
10.15
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2590
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
863.1
9
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
15.58
Eric King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
814
8.49
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.58
15.58
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Eric King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.76
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Eric King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
3.47
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Eric King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.22
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
459
4.78
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Eric King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.26
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric King
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.32
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Eric King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
47.77
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3688
38.45
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.19
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.47
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8.31
Eric King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
4.24
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric King
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.32
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric King
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.22
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.79
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.192
2.192
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.329
1.329
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
43.62
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3272
34.11
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Eric King
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.77
47.77
Eric King
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.45
38.45

Fielding Stats for Ed Blake and Eric King

Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
43.2
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
2.12
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
1.18
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
27
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2590
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
9
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
863.1
9
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.78
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
21.6
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
1.03
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
5.4
Eric King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.1
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
32.4
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
1.92
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
27
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
1.81
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.57
94.57
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.857
0.857
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.67
55.67
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Blake and Eric King

Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
8
Eric King
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
203
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric King
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Blake
Career
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Eric King
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Blake
Career
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Eric King
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Blake
Career
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Ed Blake
Career
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Ed Blake
Career
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Eric King
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric King
Career
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0
Ed Blake
Career
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Ed Blake
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Career
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Career
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Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
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Per 600 PA
0
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Career
Per 600 PA
0
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Career
Per 600 PA
0
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Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric King
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0
Ed Blake
Career
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Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric King
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Per 600 PA
0
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Per 600 PA
0
Eric King
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Per 600 PA
0
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Career
Per 600 PA
0
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Career
Per 600 PA
0
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Career
Per 600 PA
0
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0
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Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
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Per 600 PA
0
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Per 600 PA
0
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Per 600 PA
0
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Per 600 PA
0
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Per 600 PA
0
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Per 600 PA
0
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Per 600 PA
0
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Per 600 PA
0
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Per 600 PA
0
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Career
Per 600 PA
0
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0
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Career
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