Ed Blake vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Ed Blake
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cliff Lee
Gen XArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Cliff Lee 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. Cliff Lee posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.52 and WHIP 1.202 compared to 6.23 and 2.308 for Ed Blake. By the career numbers, Cliff Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Blake and Cliff Lee

Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.31
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.38
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.12
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.23
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.54
11.54
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.15
10.15
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
15.58
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
8.83
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.58
15.58
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
0.93
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.17
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.21
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
47.77
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.19
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8.31
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.22
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.23
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.69
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.192
2.192
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
43.62
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8296
34.62
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.77
47.77
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Ed Blake and Cliff Lee

Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
43.2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.35
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
21.6
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
0.78
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
5.4
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
32.4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.21
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.13
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.77
93.77
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Blake and Cliff Lee

Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
8
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
629.91
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
321
600
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
543.93
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
95.33
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
76.64
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.08
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.69
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
23.32
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
123.36
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.67
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.64
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
35.51
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
65.42
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.75
16.36
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.35
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
110
205.61
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
2.92
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
44.86
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.61
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50