Ed Blake vs. Bill Stoneman — Career Comparison

Ed Blake
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Stoneman
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Bill Stoneman 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. Bill Stoneman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.08 and WHIP 1.480 compared to 6.23 and 2.308 for Ed Blake. By the career numbers, Bill Stoneman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Blake and Bill Stoneman

Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.31
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
1.78
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
1.23
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.39
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.62
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.98
68.98
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.33
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.23
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
4.08
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.54
11.54
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.15
10.15
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3709
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1236.1
9
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
15.58
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1182
8.6
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.58
15.58
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
0.87
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.15
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
4.38
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
934
6.8
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.8
6.8
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.242
1.242
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.26
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.31
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
47.77
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5395
39.27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.19
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.2
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8.31
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
4.49
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.24
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.192
2.192
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.443
1.443
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
43.62
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4695
34.18
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.77
47.77
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.27
39.27

Fielding Stats for Ed Blake and Bill Stoneman

Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
43.2
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
1.78
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
1.23
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
27
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3712
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
9
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1237.1
9
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.6
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
21.6
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
1.11
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
5.4
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
32.4
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
1.76
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
27
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
1.71
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.11
97.11
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.959
0.959
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.98
68.98
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Blake and Bill Stoneman

Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
8
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
253
377.61
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
402
600
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
338
504.48
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.086
0.086
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
43.28
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
37.31
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.97
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.97
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.4
8.06
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
49.25
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
80.6
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
34.33
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
11.94
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
46.27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-6.65
-9.93
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.99
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
34.33
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 600 PA
212
316.42
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.9
1.9
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
56.72
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.49
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.49
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.49
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Stoneman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.49
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Stoneman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100