Matt Blank vs. Marty McHale — Career Comparison

Matt Blank
Gen XTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Marty McHale
Lost GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Marty McHale built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Blank as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Marty McHale posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.57 and WHIP 1.289 compared to 5.15 and 1.500 for Matt Blank. By the career numbers, Marty McHale had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Matt Blank and Marty McHale

Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.42
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.61
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.98
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.11
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.49
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.3
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.74
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.75
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.58
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
5.15
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.57
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.03
6.03
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
27
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1075
27
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.2
9
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
358.1
9
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
8.59
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
9.57
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.47
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.18
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
4.42
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
2.03
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.68
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
3.29
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.592
0.592
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.18
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.74
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.2
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
40.99
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1472
36.97
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.74
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.33
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
5.4
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
4.57
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.74
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.74
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.49
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.446
1.446
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.289
1.289
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
34.36
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1383
34.74
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.99
40.99
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.97
36.97

Fielding Stats for Matt Blank and Marty McHale

Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
4.42
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
41.14
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.98
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
27
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36.2
9
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
7.07
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.96
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
57.86
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
7.07
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.45
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
72
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.45
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
64.93
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.18
90.18
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
0.556
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.578
1.578
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.57
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Blank and Marty McHale

Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
1200
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
312
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
600
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
513.6
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.463
0.463
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
72
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
67.2
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.8
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.8
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.01
134.13
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.92
23.63
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
333.33
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
81.6
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
139.2
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
43.2
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
14.4
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
57.6
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.11
140.98
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.76
22.84
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.8
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
62.4
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Blank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
200
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
129.6
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.63
4.63
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
19.2
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.8
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.8
Matt Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100