Ed Blake vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Ed Blake
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Matthews 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 Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 6.23 and 2.308 for Ed Blake. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Blake and Dick Matthews

Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.31
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.23
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.54
11.54
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.15
10.15
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
15.58
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.58
15.58
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
4.79
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
47.77
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.19
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8.31
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.192
2.192
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
43.62
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.77
47.77
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Ed Blake and Dick Matthews

Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
43.2
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
21.6
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
2.4
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
5.4
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
32.4
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
2.88
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
2.88
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Blake and Dick Matthews

Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
8
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
213.33
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
600
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
520
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
32.74
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
120
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
146.67
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.67
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
38.51
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA