Fred Blank vs. Bill Holland — Career Comparison

Fred Blank
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Holland
Greatest GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Bill Holland 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. Bill Holland posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.13 and WHIP 1.344 compared to 4.5 and 1.750 for Fred Blank. By the career numbers, Bill Holland had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Blank and Bill Holland

Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
1.38
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
1.07
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.53
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.55
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.99
48.99
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.56
77.56
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
0.8
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.07
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.5
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
761
4.13
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.179
0.179
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4976
27
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1658.2
9
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1780
9.66
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.63
5.63
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.66
9.66
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.57
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
10.13
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
449
2.44
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
933
5.06
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.833
0.833
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.17
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
41.63
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6831
37.07
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.21
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
920
4.99
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
0.94
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.56
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.344
1.344
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
31.5
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6176
33.51
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.185
0.185
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.63
41.63
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.07
37.07

Fielding Stats for Fred Blank and Bill Holland

Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.45
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
1.1
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4948
27
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1649.1
9
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.29
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
405
2.21
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.12
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
481
2.62
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
459
2.5
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.43
95.43
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.726
1.726
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.94
75.94
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Blank and Bill Holland

Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
232.86
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
706
600
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
612
520.11
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
90.93
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
80.74
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
9.35
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.85
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
10.2
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.36
26.65
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
101.98
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
137.68
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.439
0.439
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
47.59
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
39.09
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
86.69
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.71
29.5
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.85
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
45.89
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Bill Holland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
7.65
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78.44
78.44
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
33.14
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.85
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.85
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100