Clint Blume vs. Tommy Byrne — Career Comparison

Clint Blume
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tommy Byrne
Greatest GenerationMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tommy Byrne 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 4.11 and 1.604 for Tommy Byrne. 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 Tommy Byrne

Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.55
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
1.86
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.12
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.82
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.56
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.46
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.19
55.19
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.5
60.5
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.43
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
622
4.11
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.238
0.238
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4086
27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1362
9
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
7.91
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1138
7.52
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.91
7.91
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.65
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
5.73
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1037
6.85
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.73
5.73
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.09
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
766
5.06
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.758
0.758
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.324
1.324
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.19
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.56
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
39.55
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6181
40.84
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.45
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.48
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.82
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
688
4.55
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.515
1.515
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.597
1.597
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
33.27
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5059
33.43
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.55
39.55
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.84
40.84

Fielding Stats for Clint Blume and Tommy Byrne

Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
6.41
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.89
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1183
27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
394.1
9
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
1.35
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
3.95
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
5.61
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
5.3
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.31
94.31
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.88
13.88
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.43
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clint Blume and Tommy Byrne

Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
866.67
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
377
345.34
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
655
600
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
6
400
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
601
550.53
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.722
0.722
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.68
0.68
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
130.99
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
87.02
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
23.82
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.33
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
12.82
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
43.97
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.78
51.96
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65.59
60.09
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
227
207.94
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
184
168.55
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.611
0.611
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.574
0.574
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
66.87
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
89.77
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
143.82
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.1
73.56
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66.92
61.3
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.75
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
34.81
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 600 PA
126
115.42
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.2
5.2
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.08
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.83
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 600 PA
11
10.08
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100