Ben Blomdahl vs. Buck O'Brien — Career Comparison

Ben Blomdahl
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Buck O'Brien
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Buck O'Brien built a career as a starting pitcher and Ben Blomdahl as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Buck O'Brien posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.63 and WHIP 1.273 compared to 7.77 and 2.014 for Ben Blomdahl. By the career numbers, Buck O'Brien had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ben Blomdahl and Buck O'Brien

Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
5.18
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.33
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.13
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.6
Ben Blomdahl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.52
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.7
53.7
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.38
84.38
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.75
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ben Blomdahl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.37
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Blomdahl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
7.77
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.63
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.77
7.77
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.85
8.85
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
27
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1296
27
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.1
9
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
432
9
Ben Blomdahl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
13.32
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
391
8.15
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.32
13.32
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.15
8.15
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.85
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.85
1.85
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Ben Blomdahl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.81
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
3.31
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
5.55
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
4.25
Ben Blomdahl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Ben Blomdahl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.151
1.151
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Ben Blomdahl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.74
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.13
Ben Blomdahl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.23
Ben Blomdahl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
42.53
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1741
36.27
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.85
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Ben Blomdahl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
7.77
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.58
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.77
7.77
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.37
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Blomdahl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.22
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.014
2.014
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.273
1.273
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
37.36
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1571
32.73
Ben Blomdahl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.383
0.383
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Ben Blomdahl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.53
42.53
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.27
36.27

Fielding Stats for Ben Blomdahl and Buck O'Brien

Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
5.18
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Blomdahl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
27
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Blomdahl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24.1
9
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.37
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.22
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
Ben Blomdahl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.59
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.59
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
Ben Blomdahl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.67
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ben Blomdahl and Buck O'Brien

Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
14
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
244.59
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
600
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
546.5
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
76.43
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
61.15
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.46
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.82
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.29
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
19.52
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
95.54
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
110.83
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
22.93
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
30.57
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
53.5
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
11.58
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
34.39
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Blomdahl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
40
152.87
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.93
3.93
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buck O'Brien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
19.11
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Blomdahl
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck O'Brien
Career
Per 600 PA