Ed Blake vs. Dick Littlefield — Career Comparison

Ed Blake
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Littlefield
Greatest GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Littlefield 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. Dick Littlefield posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.71 and WHIP 1.551 compared to 6.23 and 2.308 for Ed Blake. By the career numbers, Dick Littlefield had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Blake and Dick Littlefield

Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.31
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
243
2.87
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.98
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.39
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.64
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.93
37.93
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.16
34.16
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.19
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.23
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
4.71
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.54
11.54
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.15
10.15
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.93
4.93
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2285
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
761.2
9
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
15.58
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
8.86
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.58
15.58
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.86
8.86
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.08
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.15
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
4.88
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.21
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
5.85
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.85
5.85
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.192
1.192
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.24
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.14
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
47.77
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3395
40.12
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.19
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.72
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8.31
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
5.45
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.45
5.45
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.192
2.192
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.527
1.527
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
43.62
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2970
35.09
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.77
47.77
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.12
40.12

Fielding Stats for Ed Blake and Dick Littlefield

Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
43.2
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
243
4.53
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.95
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
27
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1447
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
9
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482.1
9
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.73
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
21.6
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.44
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
5.4
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.21
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
32.4
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
2.37
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
27
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
2.16
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.34
91.34
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.625
0.625
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.477
0.477
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20.99
20.99
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Blake and Dick Littlefield

Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
8
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
680.56
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
600
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
536.11
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.145
0.145
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
77.78
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
66.67
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.33
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.78
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.11
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.38
17.72
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.67
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
111.11
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
30.56
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
27.78
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
58.33
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.7
10.28
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
33.33
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
71
197.22
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.04
3.04
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
30.56
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.56
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA