Ted Blankenship vs. Dick Tomanek — Career Comparison

Ted Blankenship
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Tomanek
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ted Blankenship built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Tomanek as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ted Blankenship posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.29 and WHIP 1.466 compared to 4.95 and 1.524 for Dick Tomanek. By the career numbers, Ted Blankenship had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ted Blankenship and Dick Tomanek

Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
1.63
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.13
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
1.06
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.43
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.52
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.39
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.53
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.39
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.36
49.36
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.73
64.73
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.49
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.16
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
4.29
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
4.95
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3992
27
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
693
27
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1330.2
9
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
9
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
1462
9.89
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
9
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.89
9.89
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.43
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
1.32
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
489
3.31
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
4.36
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
2.56
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
6.47
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.47
6.47
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.652
0.652
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.204
1.204
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.15
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.74
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5810
39.3
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1021
39.78
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.36
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.06
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
719
4.86
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
5.49
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.466
1.466
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.485
1.485
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5308
35.9
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
903
35.18
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.3
39.3
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.78
39.78

Fielding Stats for Ted Blankenship and Dick Tomanek

Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.3
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.41
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
666
27
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
9
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.41
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.54
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
306
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.03
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.95
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.06
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.232
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.453
0.453
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Blankenship and Dick Tomanek

Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
242
279.77
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
108
1222.64
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
519
600
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
475
549.13
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
566.04
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.578
0.578
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.528
0.528
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
107.51
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
9
101.89
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
68.21
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
5
56.6
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
20.81
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.09
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
10.4
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
39.31
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0.366
0.366
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.23
44.19
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
3.38
38.22
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
152
175.72
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
15
169.81
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
132.95
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
11
124.53
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.456
0.456
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.405
0.405
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
56.65
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
5
56.6
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
63.58
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
109.83
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36.45
42.14
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
2.54
28.8
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.16
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
24.28
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
109
126.01
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
124.53
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
4.76
4.76
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.82
4.82
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
25.43
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Blankenship
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Blankenship
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA