Clint Blume vs. Bill Drake — Career Comparison

Clint Blume
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Drake
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Drake 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 3.69 and 1.393 for Bill Drake. 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 Drake

Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.55
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
1.36
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.05
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.82
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
0.58
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.51
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.02
53.02
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.42
77.42
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.72
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
506
3.69
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3704
27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1234.2
9
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
7.91
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1298
9.46
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.46
9.46
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.21
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
5.73
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
3.08
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.09
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
4.05
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.758
0.758
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.792
0.792
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.23
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
39.55
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4862
35.44
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.45
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.19
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.82
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
654
4.77
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.04
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.66
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.515
1.515
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.393
1.393
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
33.27
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4267
31.1
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.55
39.55
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.44
35.44

Fielding Stats for Clint Blume and Bill Drake

Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
1.52
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.14
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3358
27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1119.1
9
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
3.41
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.28
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
497
4
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
3.71
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.96
92.96
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.444
2.444
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.13
75.13
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clint Blume and Bill Drake

Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
866.67
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
194
220.04
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
529
600
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
6
400
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
470
533.08
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.722
0.722
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.576
0.576
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
105.48
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
81.66
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
13.61
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.4
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
23.82
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
51.96
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37.61
42.66
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
146.31
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
131
148.58
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.532
0.532
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.459
0.459
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
55.58
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
55.58
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
104.35
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.1
73.56
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39.56
44.87
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
36.29
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4.54
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132.25
132.25
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
23.82
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100