Clint Blume vs. Ralph Branca — Career Comparison

Clint Blume
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ralph Branca
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ralph Branca built a career as a starting pitcher and Clint Blume as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clint Blume posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.515 compared to 3.79 and 1.371 for Ralph Branca. By the career numbers, Clint Blume had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clint Blume and Ralph Branca

Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.55
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
322
1.95
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.14
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.82
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
0.53
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.41
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.41
56.41
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.39
58.39
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.43
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.07
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.12
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
625
3.79
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.242
0.242
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4452
27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1484
9
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
7.91
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
1372
8.32
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.32
8.32
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
0.9
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
5.73
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
663
4.02
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.09
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
829
5.03
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.758
0.758
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.27
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.19
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
39.55
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6372
38.64
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.45
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.45
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.82
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
702
4.26
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.515
1.515
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.371
1.371
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
33.27
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5678
34.44
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.18
2.18
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.55
39.55
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64

Fielding Stats for Clint Blume and Ralph Branca

Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
48.3
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.2
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
9
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
10.8
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
25.35
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.8
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
37.95
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
36.15
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.26
95.26
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.05
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clint Blume and Ralph Branca

Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
866.67
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
322
359.78
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
537
600
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
6
400
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
464
518.44
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.722
0.722
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.441
0.441
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
73.74
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
63.69
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.7
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.23
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
10.06
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
51.96
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.71
17.55
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
89.39
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
113.97
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
39.11
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
34.64
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
71.51
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.1
73.56
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.86
9.89
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
40.22
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
160
178.77
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
41.34
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
12
13.41
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA