Clint Blume vs. Theolic Smith — Career Comparison

Clint Blume
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Theolic Smith
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh CrawfordsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Theolic Smith 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 4.95 and 1.511 for Theolic Smith. 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 Theolic Smith

Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.55
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.6
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.14
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.82
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.43
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.69
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.71
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
4.95
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1064
27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354.2
9
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
7.91
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
409
10.38
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.51
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
5.73
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
3.2
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.09
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.93
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.758
0.758
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.792
0.792
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.25
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
39.55
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1588
40.3
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.45
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.23
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.82
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
6.22
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.04
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.48
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.515
1.515
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.509
1.509
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
33.27
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1409
35.75
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.55
39.55
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.3
40.3

Fielding Stats for Clint Blume and Theolic Smith

Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
1.59
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.05
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1564
27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
521.1
9
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.79
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.4
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
3.35
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
3.19
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.36
95.36
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.011
2.011
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.3
66.3
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clint Blume and Theolic Smith

Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
866.67
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
234.89
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
6
400
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
197
502.98
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.722
0.722
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.717
0.717
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
127.66
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
102.13
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.32
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.53
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.78
51.96
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.45
64.98
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
165.96
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
199.15
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.611
0.611
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.677
0.677
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.649
0.649
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
91.91
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
130.21
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.1
73.56
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28.66
73.17
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
71.49
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
235
235
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
28
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.53
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.21
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
75