Fred Blank vs. Jose Cano — Career Comparison

Fred Blank
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jose Cano
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jose Cano built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Blank as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Blank posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.5 and WHIP 1.750 compared to 5.09 and 1.435 for Jose Cano. By the career numbers, Fred Blank had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Blank and Jose Cano

Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.35
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
5.09
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.179
0.179
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
9.39
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.63
5.63
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.39
9.39
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
10.13
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.13
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.652
0.652
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
41.63
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
38.74
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
5.09
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.348
1.348
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
31.5
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
35.22
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.185
0.185
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.63
41.63
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.74
38.74

Fielding Stats for Fred Blank and Jose Cano

Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.35
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.78
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
0.667
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Blank and Jose Cano

Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
600
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
600
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.32
-64.27
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.65
-65.33
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
1.2
1.2
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA