Ed Blake vs. Harry Salmon — Career Comparison

Ed Blake
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Harry Salmon
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Harry Salmon 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. Harry Salmon posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.61 and WHIP 1.238 compared to 6.23 and 2.308 for Ed Blake. By the career numbers, Harry Salmon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Blake and Harry Salmon

Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.31
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.46
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
1.01
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.62
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.47
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.72
56.72
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.89
68.89
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.71
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.11
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.23
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
3.61
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.54
11.54
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.15
10.15
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3326
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1108.2
9
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
15.58
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1170
9.5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.58
15.58
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.5
9.5
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.28
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.65
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
566
4.59
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.694
0.694
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.16
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
47.77
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4188
34
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.19
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.29
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8.31
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
563
4.57
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
1.06
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.57
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.192
2.192
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
43.62
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3835
31.13
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.351
0.351
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.77
47.77
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
34

Fielding Stats for Ed Blake and Harry Salmon

Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
43.2
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
1.67
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.08
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
27
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3580
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
9
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1193.1
9
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.58
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
21.6
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
2.28
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
5.4
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.2
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
32.4
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
3.06
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
27
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379
2.86
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.35
93.35
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.707
1.707
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.41
64.41
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Blake and Harry Salmon

Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
8
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
239
249.39
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
575
600
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
537
560.35
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
117.91
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
100.17
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11.48
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.26
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17.74
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.42
32.78
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
136
141.91
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
132.52
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
59.48
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
42.78
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
102.26
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.51
37.05
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14.61
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.04
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
575
575
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
25.04
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.13
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.13
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100