Homer Blankenship vs. Duane Pillette — Career Comparison

Homer Blankenship
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Duane Pillette
Greatest GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Duane Pillette 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. Duane Pillette posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.4 and WHIP 1.528 compared to 5.22 and 1.815 for Homer Blankenship. By the career numbers, Duane Pillette had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Homer Blankenship and Duane Pillette

Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.95
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
1.87
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.18
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.38
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.66
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.54
36.54
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.3
63.3
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.34
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.22
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
4.4
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.341
0.341
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2712
27
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904
9
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
12.93
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
985
9.81
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.93
12.93
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.81
9.81
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.67
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.4
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 9 Innings
391
3.89
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.27
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.04
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.62
1.62
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.15
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.17
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
41.29
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4014
39.96
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.36
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.25
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.13
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
4.96
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.96
4.96
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.815
1.815
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.522
1.522
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
37.89
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3606
35.9
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.355
0.355
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.29
41.29
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.96
39.96

Fielding Stats for Homer Blankenship and Duane Pillette

Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.59
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.21
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
27
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
9
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
2.7
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
5.81
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.4
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
8.92
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
8.52
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.48
95.48
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.077
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.122
1.122
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.96
15.96
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.65
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Homer Blankenship and Duane Pillette

Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
650
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
377.57
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
600
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
271
506.54
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 600 PA
0.458
0.458
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
71.03
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
59.81
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.35
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
11.21
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
47.57
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.46
17.69
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
85.98
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
119.63
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 600 PA
0.299
0.299
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
39.25
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
28.04
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
65.42
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.99
49.33
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.23
11.64
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
46.73
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
200
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 600 PAverified
70
130.84
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.59
4.59
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
42.99
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duane Pillette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 600 PA
8
14.95
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
Duane Pillette
Career
Per 600 PA