Clint Blume vs. Bill Butler — Career Comparison

Clint Blume
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Butler
Baby BoomersMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Butler 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 4.21 and 1.479 for Bill Butler. 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 Bill Butler

Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.55
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
2.04
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.31
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.82
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.35
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.53
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.66
39.66
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.18
64.18
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
277
4.21
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1775
27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591.2
9
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
7.91
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
555
8.44
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.99
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
5.73
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
4.75
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.09
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
6.21
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.21
6.21
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.758
0.758
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
39.55
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2584
39.31
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.45
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.26
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.82
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
4.62
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.32
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.2
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.23
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.515
1.515
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.465
1.465
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
33.27
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2232
33.95
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.55
39.55
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.31
39.31

Fielding Stats for Clint Blume and Bill Butler

Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
2.04
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.31
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1776
27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
9
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.18
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.84
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.09
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.02
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.06
93.06
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.18
64.18
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clint Blume and Bill Butler

Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
866.67
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
134
604.51
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
600
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
6
400
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
527.82
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.722
0.722
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
27.07
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
27.07
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
51.96
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.55
2.48
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
27.07
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
67.67
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.066
0.066
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.51
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.07
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
31.58
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.1
73.56
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.08
-27.44
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
40.6
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
79
356.39
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
1.68
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.07
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.51
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.02
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA