Homer Blankenship vs. Joe Poetz — Career Comparison

Homer Blankenship
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Poetz
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Poetz 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. Joe Poetz posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.38 and WHIP 1.625 compared to 5.22 and 1.815 for Homer Blankenship. By the career numbers, Joe Poetz had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Homer Blankenship and Joe Poetz

Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.95
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
5.22
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.38
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.23
6.23
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.63
9.63
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.341
0.341
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.185
0.185
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
12.93
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.93
12.93
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.63
5.63
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.4
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.27
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
41.29
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
40.5
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.36
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
6.13
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.38
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.815
1.815
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.625
1.625
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
37.89
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
30.38
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.355
0.355
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.29
41.29
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Homer Blankenship and Joe Poetz

Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.077
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.5
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Homer Blankenship and Joe Poetz

Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
650
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0.583
0.583
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
47.57
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
29.73
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
150
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0.444
0.444
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.99
49.33
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
68.03
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
4
200
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA