Frank Blake vs. Red Ruffing — Career Comparison

Frank Blake
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Black SoxNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Red Ruffing
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Frank Blake posted a stronger line than Red Ruffing. Frank Blake posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.26 vs 3.8) and WHIP (1.162 vs 1.341). By the career numbers, Frank Blake had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Frank Blake and Red Ruffing

Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.5
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
624
1.29
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.05
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
536
1.11
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.6
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
273
0.57
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.38
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
0.47
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.82
54.82
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
70
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.9
85.9
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.75
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
0.69
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.09
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.03
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.26
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1833
3.8
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.187
0.187
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
27
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13032
27
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.2
9
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4344
9
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
6.02
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
4284
8.88
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.02
6.02
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
0.53
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
4.44
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1541
3.19
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
7.6
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1987
4.12
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.6
7.6
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.1
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.12
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.01
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
498
37.45
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18579
38.49
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.15
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.16
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
2117
4.39
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.68
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.83
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.162
1.162
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.341
1.341
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
427
32.11
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16980
35.18
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.45
37.45
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Frank Blake and Red Ruffing

Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.53
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.12
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
27
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152.2
9
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.65
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.36
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
677
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
3.12
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
859
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
3.01
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
832
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.23
96.23
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.86
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.962
1.962
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.327
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.08
73.08
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Frank Blake and Red Ruffing

Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
291.89
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
882
254.06
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2083
600
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
67
543.24
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1937
557.95
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.723
0.723
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.707
0.707
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
17
137.84
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
521
150.07
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
374
107.73
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
98
28.23
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
3.74
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
10.37
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
56.76
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
42.34
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8.47
68.68
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
228.39
65.79
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
218.92
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
753
216.9
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
624
179.74
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.306
0.306
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.306
0.306
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.389
0.389
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.709
0.709
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.695
0.695
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.599
0.599
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
97.3
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
59.63
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
273
78.64
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
154.05
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
444
127.89
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8.96
72.69
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248.62
71.61
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
1.73
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
27.94
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
266
76.62
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.83
7.83
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.22
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
12.39
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
13
3.74
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.29
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.29
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.58
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50