Frank Blake vs. Jim Tobin — Career Comparison

Frank Blake
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Black SoxNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Jim Tobin
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Frank Blake posted a stronger line than Jim Tobin. Frank Blake posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.26 vs 3.44) and WHIP (1.162 vs 1.308). 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 Jim Tobin

Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.5
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
1.36
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.05
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
1.08
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.6
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.5
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.38
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.53
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.39
48.39
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
70
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.09
79.09
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.75
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
0.74
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.06
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.26
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
726
3.44
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.187
0.187
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
27
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5700
27
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.2
9
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1900
9
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
6.02
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1929
9.14
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.02
6.02
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
0.51
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
4.44
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
2.64
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
7.6
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
2.36
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.6
7.6
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.555
0.555
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.13
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.13
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
498
37.45
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8074
38.25
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.22
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.16
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
861
4.08
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.68
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.83
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.162
1.162
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.308
1.308
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
427
32.11
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7490
35.48
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.45
37.45
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.25
38.25

Fielding Stats for Frank Blake and Jim Tobin

Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.53
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.12
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
27
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152.2
9
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.65
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.36
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
3.12
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
604
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
3.01
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.23
96.23
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.52
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.962
1.962
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.024
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.08
73.08
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Frank Blake and Jim Tobin

Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
291.89
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
396
268.78
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
884
600
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
67
543.24
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
796
540.27
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.723
0.723
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.666
0.666
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
137.84
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
183
124.21
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
86.88
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
23.76
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
2.04
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
11.54
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
56.76
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
37.33
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8.47
68.68
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84.25
57.18
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
218.92
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
275
186.65
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
266
180.54
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.709
0.709
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.648
0.648
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.565
0.565
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
97.3
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
54.98
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
69.23
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
154.05
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
112.67
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8.96
72.69
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85.75
58.2
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.04
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
54.3
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
162
109.95
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.46
5.46
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.22
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
3.39
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
22
14.93
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100