Ed Blake vs. Mike Lee — Career Comparison

Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike 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. Mike Lee posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.34 and WHIP 1.743 compared to 6.23 and 2.308 for Ed Blake. By the career numbers, Mike Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Blake and Mike Lee

Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.31
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
3.34
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.03
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.23
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.34
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.54
11.54
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.12
6.12
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.15
10.15
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.83
5.83
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
9
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
15.58
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
9.26
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.58
15.58
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.26
9.26
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.03
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.15
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
6.43
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
4.37
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.03
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.51
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
47.77
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
40.63
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.19
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.8
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8.31
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.34
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.192
2.192
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.743
1.743
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
43.62
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
33.69
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.77
47.77
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.63
40.63

Fielding Stats for Ed Blake and Mike Lee

Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
43.2
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
3.34
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.03
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
27
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
9
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
9
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
21.6
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
2.57
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
5.4
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
32.4
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
2.83
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
27
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
2.83
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.846
0.846
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Blake and Mike Lee

Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
8
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
1114.29
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.72
-61.83
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
171.43
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA