Cy Blanton vs. Chris Howard — Career Comparison

Cy Blanton
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Chris Howard
Gen XMassachusettsThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cy Blanton built a career as a starting pitcher and Chris Howard as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chris Howard posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.13 and WHIP 1.326 compared to 3.55 and 1.297 for Cy Blanton. By the career numbers, Chris Howard had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Blanton and Chris Howard

Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
1.49
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
8.61
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.23
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.5
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.52
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.92
48.92
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.67
82.67
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.55
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
481
3.55
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
3.13
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3655
27
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
27
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1218.1
9
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
9
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1243
9.18
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
7.83
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.18
9.18
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.47
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.98
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
2.49
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
3.13
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.98
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
611
4.51
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
4.89
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.778
0.778
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.891
0.891
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.24
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5173
38.21
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
37.37
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.17
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
588
4.34
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.33
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.59
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.39
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.297
1.297
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4818
35.59
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
33.26
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.21
38.21
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.37
37.37

Fielding Stats for Cy Blanton and Chris Howard

Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
8.61
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
27
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
9
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.39
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.78
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.17
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
304
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.17
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.3
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.505
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.136
0.136
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Blanton and Chris Howard

Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
256.24
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
44
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
473
600
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
428
542.92
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.407
0.407
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
83.72
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
78.65
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.07
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.07
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.36
13.14
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
88.79
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
112.9
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
27.91
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
32.98
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
60.89
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.44
5.64
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
29.18
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
98
124.31
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.83
4.83
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
27.91
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
17
21.56
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA