Clint Blume vs. Sandy Koufax — Career Comparison

Clint Blume
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sandy Koufax
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star

Sandy Koufax 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. Sandy Koufax posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.76 and WHIP 1.127 compared to 3 and 1.515 for Clint Blume. By the career numbers, Sandy Koufax had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clint Blume and Sandy Koufax

Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.55
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
1.54
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
1.22
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.82
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
0.64
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.34
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.48
65.48
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.09
79.09
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
0.53
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.15
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.03
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
3
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
2.76
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.238
0.238
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.203
0.203
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6973
27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2324.1
9
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
7.91
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
6.79
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.91
7.91
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.79
6.79
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
0.79
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
5.73
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
817
3.16
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.09
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2396
9.28
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.28
9.28
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.04
6.04
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.758
0.758
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.382
1.382
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.34
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.07
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
39.55
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9497
36.77
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.45
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.17
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
3.82
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
806
3.12
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.515
1.515
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.106
1.106
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
33.27
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8662
33.54
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.03
2.03
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.55
39.55
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.77
36.77

Fielding Stats for Clint Blume and Sandy Koufax

Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
1.54
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
1.22
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6973
27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2324.1
9
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.25
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
0.88
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
1.18
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
1.13
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.42
95.42
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.736
0.736
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.09
79.09
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.05
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clint Blume and Sandy Koufax

Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
866.67
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
397
277.62
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
858
600
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
6
400
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
776
542.66
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.722
0.722
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
52.45
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
44.76
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.29
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.4
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
7.69
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
51.96
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.34
9.33
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
62.94
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
119
83.22
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
18.18
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
19.58
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
36.36
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.1
73.56
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
-16.49
-11.53
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.7
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
30.07
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
386
269.93
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.22
2.22
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
24.48
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.1
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
10
6.99
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.7
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.7
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0