Ed Blake vs. Ford Smith — Career Comparison

Ed Blake
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ford Smith
Greatest GenerationArizonaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ford Smith 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. Ford Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.37 and WHIP 1.115 compared to 6.23 and 2.308 for Ed Blake. By the career numbers, Ford Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Blake and Ford Smith

Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.31
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.38
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.89
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.69
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.3
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.64
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.23
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.37
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.54
11.54
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.15
10.15
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
546
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
9
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
15.58
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
7.42
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.58
15.58
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.42
7.42
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.62
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.39
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.35
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
47.77
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
737
36.45
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.19
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.49
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8.31
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.07
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.74
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.04
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.192
2.192
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.115
1.115
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
43.62
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
32.74
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.77
47.77
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.45
36.45

Fielding Stats for Ed Blake and Ford Smith

Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
43.2
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
1.29
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.93
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
27
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1128
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
9
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
376
9
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.84
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
21.6
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
1.34
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
5.4
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.17
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
32.4
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
2.35
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
27
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
2.18
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.685
1.685
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.22
72.22
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Blake and Ford Smith

Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
8
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
219.77
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
600
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
547.67
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.634
0.634
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
129.07
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
90.7
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.4
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.54
54.21
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
170.93
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
80.23
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
101.16
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.85
58.77
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.49
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
172
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.47
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA