Clint Blume vs. Tex Shirley — Career Comparison

Clint Blume
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tex Shirley
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tex Shirley 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 4.25 and 1.641 for Tex Shirley. 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 Tex Shirley

Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.55
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
2.06
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.09
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.82
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.38
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.6
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.78
38.78
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.94
52.94
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.38
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
211
4.25
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1340
27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446.2
9
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
7.91
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
8.93
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.93
8.93
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.4
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
5.73
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
290
5.84
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.73
5.73
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.09
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
3.39
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.758
0.758
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.025
1.025
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
39.55
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2021
40.72
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.45
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.52
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.82
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
247
4.98
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.515
1.515
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.641
1.641
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
33.27
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
34.78
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.55
39.55
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.72
40.72

Fielding Stats for Clint Blume and Tex Shirley

Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.75
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.882
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Clint Blume and Tex Shirley

Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
866.67
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
468.29
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
164
600
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
6
400
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
159
581.71
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.722
0.722
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.472
0.472
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
124.39
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
113.41
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.98
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.98
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
51.96
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.55
27.62
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
135.37
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
128.05
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.452
0.452
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
84.15
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.93
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
117.07
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.1
73.56
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.98
29.21
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.66
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
38
139.02
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.32
4.32
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.63
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.66
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.66
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Shirley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.66
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Shirley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100