Ed Blake vs. Joe Sherman — Career Comparison

Ed Blake
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Sherman
Lost GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Sherman 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. Joe Sherman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.4 and WHIP 1.067 compared to 6.23 and 2.308 for Ed Blake. By the career numbers, Joe Sherman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Blake and Joe Sherman

Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.31
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.2
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6.23
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.4
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.54
11.54
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.15
10.15
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15.58
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
9
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.58
15.58
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.577
0.577
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.2
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
47.77
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
36.6
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.19
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8.31
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.4
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.192
2.192
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.067
1.067
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
43.62
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
34.8
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.77
47.77
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.6
36.6

Fielding Stats for Ed Blake and Joe Sherman

Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
43.2
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
27
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
9
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
21.6
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
5.4
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
32.4
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
27
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.625
0.625
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Blake and Joe Sherman

Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
514.29
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.688
0.688
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
38.48
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.762
0.762
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
66.46
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
171.43
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0