Fred Hobgood vs. Blake Taylor — Career Comparison

Fred Hobgood
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Blake Taylor
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Hobgood built a career as a starting pitcher and Blake Taylor as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Blake Taylor posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.06 and WHIP 1.424 compared to 5.35 and 1.605 for Fred Hobgood. By the career numbers, Blake Taylor had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Hobgood and Blake Taylor

Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.75
Blake Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
10.44
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.14
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.52
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.79
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.57
Blake Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.68
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Blake Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.85
53.85
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.86
64.86
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.57
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
5.35
Blake Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
3.06
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Blake Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Blake Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Blake Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570
27
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
27
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
9
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.1
9
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
10.42
Blake Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
7.49
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.42
10.42
Blake Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.49
7.49
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.43
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.02
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Blake Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
3.98
Blake Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
4.99
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
4.31
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
7.6
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Blake Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.6
7.6
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.921
0.921
Blake Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.399
1.399
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Blake Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
897
42.49
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
39.71
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.47
Blake Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.16
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
6.82
Blake Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.74
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.82
6.82
Blake Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.57
Blake Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.38
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.79
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Blake Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.387
1.387
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
794
37.61
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
34.26
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Blake Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Blake Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.49
42.49
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.71
39.71

Fielding Stats for Fred Hobgood and Blake Taylor

Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.8
Blake Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
10.44
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.14
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570
27
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
27
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
9
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.1
9
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.28
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.57
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.71
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.45
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Blake Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.23
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.13
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.99
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.02
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.36
89.36
Blake Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.105
1.105
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.098
0.098
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.16
63.16
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Hobgood and Blake Taylor

Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
296.47
Blake Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
600
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
494.12
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.677
0.677
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
120
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
105.88
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.89
55.69
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
141.18
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
197.65
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.585
0.585
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
91.76
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
77.65
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
169.41
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.5
67.06
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
77.65
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Blake Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
85
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
28.24
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
Blake Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA