Homer Blankenship vs. Chris Paddack — Career Comparison

Homer Blankenship
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Chris Paddack
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Chris Paddack 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. Chris Paddack posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.64 and WHIP 1.219 compared to 5.22 and 1.815 for Homer Blankenship. By the career numbers, Chris Paddack had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Homer Blankenship and Chris Paddack

Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.95
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
1.84
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.7
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.5
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.56
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.44
92.44
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.22
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
4.64
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.341
0.341
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1745
27
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
581.2
9
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
12.93
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
581
8.99
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.93
12.93
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.99
8.99
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
1.52
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.52
1.52
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.4
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.95
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.27
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
529
8.19
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.19
8.19
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.126
1.126
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.2
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.22
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
41.29
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2441
37.77
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.36
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.13
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
4.94
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.2
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.31
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.56
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.815
1.815
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.216
1.216
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
37.89
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2268
35.09
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.355
0.355
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.29
41.29
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.77
37.77

Fielding Stats for Homer Blankenship and Chris Paddack

Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.84
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.7
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1745
27
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
581.2
9
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.71
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.88
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.7
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.59
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.64
93.64
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.077
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.866
0.866
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.44
92.44
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Homer Blankenship and Chris Paddack

Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
13
650
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
818.18
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
600
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
525
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
40.91
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
40.91
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
47.57
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 600 PA
0.58
3.92
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
40.91
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
54.55
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20.45
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.64
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
34.09
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.99
49.33
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.17
-21.61
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.82
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.82
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 600 PA
45
306.82
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 600 PA
1.96
1.96
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Paddack
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
61.36
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Paddack
Career
Per 600 PA