Vida Blue vs. Ed Walsh — Career Comparison

Vida Blue
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Ed Walsh
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Ed Walsh posted a stronger line than Vida Blue. Ed Walsh posted stronger numbers in ERA (1.82 vs 3.27) and WHIP (1.000 vs 1.252). By the career numbers, Ed Walsh had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Vida Blue and Ed Walsh

Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
502
1.35
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
430
1.31
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
473
1.27
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
315
0.96
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
0.56
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.59
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
0.43
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.38
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.49
56.49
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.75
60.75
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.22
94.22
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.26
73.26
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
0.38
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
0.76
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.1
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.17
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.11
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
1213
3.27
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
1.82
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.87
1.87
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
0.237
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.217
0.217
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10030
27
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
8893
27
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3343.1
9
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
2964.1
9
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
2939
7.91
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2346
7.12
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.91
7.91
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.12
7.12
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
263
0.71
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.07
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
1185
3.19
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
1.87
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.16
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.87
1.87
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2175
5.85
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
1736
5.27
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.85
5.85
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.794
0.794
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.28
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.26
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.06
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.16
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.03
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.04
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13837
37.25
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
11500
34.92
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.32
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
3.65
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
873
2.65
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
0.4
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.26
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
0.59
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.234
1.234
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12383
33.33
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
10830
32.88
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.25
37.25
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.92
34.92

Fielding Stats for Vida Blue and Ed Walsh

Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
502
1.35
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
1.92
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
473
1.27
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
0.94
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10031
27
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
6147
27
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3343.2
9
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
2049
9
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
0.34
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.04
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
427
1.15
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1208
5.31
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.05
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.25
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
573
1.54
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1502
6.6
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
554
1.49
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1445
6.35
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.68
96.68
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.21
96.21
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.104
1.104
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.314
3.314
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.22
94.22
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.85
48.85
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.06
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.14
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Vida Blue and Ed Walsh

Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
508
493.2
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 600 PA
459
235.18
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
618
600
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1171
600
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
512
497.09
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1088
557.47
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.418
0.418
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
53
51.46
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
210
107.6
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
40
38.83
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
159
81.47
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
9
8.74
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
19.47
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.12
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.88
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.54
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
13
12.62
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
26.13
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
16.86
16.37
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68.63
35.16
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
74
71.84
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
277
141.93
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
105
101.94
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
263
134.76
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.485
0.485
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
37
35.92
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
47.65
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
15
14.56
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
34.84
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
80.96
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
3.46
3.36
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.47
34.06
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.91
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.59
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
47.57
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 600 PA
46
23.57
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
271
263.11
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 600 PAverified
282
144.49
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
2.28
2.28
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.15
4.15
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
51.46
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 600 PA
30
15.37
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.94
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
7.17
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.94
Ed Walsh
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.51
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.94
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
7.69
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93.33
93.33