Frank Blake vs. Gene Thompson — Career Comparison

Frank Blake
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Black SoxNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Gene Thompson
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Frank Blake posted a stronger line than Gene Thompson. Frank Blake posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.26 vs 3.26) and WHIP (1.162 vs 1.354). 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 Gene Thompson

Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.5
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
2.42
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.05
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.89
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.6
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.62
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.38
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.46
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.32
57.32
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.76
36.76
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.75
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.35
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.26
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
3.26
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.187
0.187
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.232
0.232
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
27
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2060
27
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.2
9
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
686.2
9
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
6.02
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
7.89
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.02
6.02
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.89
7.89
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.46
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
4.44
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
4.3
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
7.6
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
4.13
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.6
7.6
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.7
1.7
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.936
0.936
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.16
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
498
37.45
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2936
38.48
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.87
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.16
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
4
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.68
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.83
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.162
1.162
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
427
32.11
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2597
34.04
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
2.1
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.45
37.45
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.48
38.48

Fielding Stats for Frank Blake and Gene Thompson

Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.53
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.12
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
27
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152.2
9
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.65
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.36
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
3.12
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
3.01
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.23
96.23
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.98
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.962
1.962
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.097
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.08
73.08
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Frank Blake and Gene Thompson

Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
36
291.89
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
185
491.15
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
600
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
67
543.24
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
200
530.97
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.723
0.723
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.571
0.571
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
137.84
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
119.47
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
95.58
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
21.24
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.65
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
56.76
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
23.89
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8.47
68.68
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.23
35.14
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
218.92
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
146.02
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
135.4
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.709
0.709
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.523
0.523
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.391
0.391
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
97.3
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
34.51
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
47.79
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
154.05
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
82.3
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8.96
72.69
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.76
39.18
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
15.93
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
52
138.05
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.35
4.35
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.22
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
53.1
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.65
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA