Ed Blake vs. Derek Lowe — Career Comparison

Ed Blake
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Derek Lowe
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Derek Lowe 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. Derek Lowe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.03 and WHIP 1.355 compared to 6.23 and 2.308 for Ed Blake. By the career numbers, Derek Lowe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Blake and Derek Lowe

Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.31
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
2.29
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.59
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
0.53
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.85
52.85
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.36
55.36
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.03
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.29
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.23
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1195
4.03
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.54
11.54
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.15
10.15
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8014
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2671.1
9
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
15.58
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2759
9.3
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.58
15.58
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.3
9.3
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
0.73
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
794
2.68
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.23
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1722
5.8
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.8
5.8
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.942
0.942
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.19
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.26
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
47.77
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11358
38.27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.19
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
0.57
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8.31
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1333
4.49
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.34
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.19
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
1.06
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.192
2.192
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
43.62
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10330
34.8
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.77
47.77
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.27
38.27

Fielding Stats for Ed Blake and Derek Lowe

Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
43.2
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
2.29
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
27
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8014
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
9
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2671.1
9
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
0.74
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
21.6
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.53
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
5.4
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.06
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
32.4
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
691
2.33
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
27
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
674
2.27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.54
97.54
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.36
55.36
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.09
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Blake and Derek Lowe

Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
8
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
682
766.29
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
534
600
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
436
489.89
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
73.03
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
57.3
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
14.61
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.73
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.53
18.58
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
91.01
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
105.62
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
33.71
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
28.09
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
60.67
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.81
13.26
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.58
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
129
144.94
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.14
4.14
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
75.28
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.25
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7.87
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100