Bob James vs. Blanch Moody — Career Comparison

Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Blanch Moody
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Blanch Moody built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob James as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bob James posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.8 and WHIP 1.371 compared to 4.73 and 1.519 for Blanch Moody. By the career numbers, Bob James had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob James and Blanch Moody

Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.1
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.4
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.7
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.57
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.53
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
48
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.61
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.8
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
4.73
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
27
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.1
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
8.34
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
11.75
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.86
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
3.47
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.93
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
7.52
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
3.51
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.604
0.604
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1755
38.81
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
39.8
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
5.61
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.6
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.7
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.7
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.52
1.52
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1533
33.9
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
36.99
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.347
0.347
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.8
39.8

Fielding Stats for Bob James and Blanch Moody

Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.1
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.4
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
27
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.1
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.62
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1.04
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.98
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
1.95
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.33
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.66
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.33
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.23
85.23
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob James and Blanch Moody

Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
7971.43
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
12
327.27
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
600
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
19
518.18
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
19.6
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
0.59
16
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
4
109.09
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
14.28
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
15.67
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
1.4
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blanch Moody
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
Blanch Moody
Career
Per 600 PA