Homer Blankenship vs. Jim Britt — Career Comparison

Homer Blankenship
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Britt
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkNorth AmericaBrooklyn AtlanticsUnknownStarting Pitcher

Jim Britt built a career as a starting pitcher and Homer Blankenship as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Britt posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.26 and WHIP 1.624 compared to 5.22 and 1.815 for Homer Blankenship. By the career numbers, Jim Britt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Homer Blankenship and Jim Britt

Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.95
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.29
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.71
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.89
28.89
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.97
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.22
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
4.26
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.341
0.341
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2450
27
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
816.2
9
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
12.93
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1264
13.93
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.93
12.93
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.93
13.93
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.13
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.4
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.68
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.27
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.111
0.111
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.5
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
41.29
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4115
45.35
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.36
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
6.13
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Innings
992
10.93
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.13
6.13
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.93
10.93
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.815
1.815
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.624
1.624
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
37.89
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4053
44.67
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.9
10.9
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.355
0.355
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.29
41.29
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.35
45.35

Fielding Stats for Homer Blankenship and Jim Britt

Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.02
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.39
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2499
27
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
833
9
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.3
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
1.34
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.53
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
2.17
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.64
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.62
75.62
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.077
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.617
1.617
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.3
38.3
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Britt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Homer Blankenship and Jim Britt

Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jim Britt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
650
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
133.82
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
408
600
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
395
580.88
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Britt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Jim Britt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.503
0.503
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
129.41
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
114.71
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
14.71
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Britt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Britt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
14.71
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Britt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Britt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Britt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
47.57
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23.42
34.44
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
98
144.12
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
148.53
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Britt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Britt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Jim Britt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.496
0.496
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Jim Britt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Jim Britt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Jim Britt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Jim Britt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
80.88
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
35.29
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
116.18
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.99
49.33
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26.82
39.44
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Britt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
19.12
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Britt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
200
Jim Britt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
27.94
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.47
21.47
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Britt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Britt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Britt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.94
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.41
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Britt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.33
33.33