Ed Kent vs. Dazzy Vance — Career Comparison

Ed Kent
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToledo Blue StockingsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Dazzy Vance
Lost GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVP

Dazzy Vance built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Kent as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dazzy Vance posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.24 and WHIP 1.230 compared to 6 and 1.889 for Ed Kent. By the career numbers, Dazzy Vance had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Kent and Dazzy Vance

Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
1.34
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
1.05
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
0.6
Ed Kent
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.42
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.46
58.46
Ed Kent
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.51
78.51
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
0.66
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Ed Kent
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1068
3.24
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8900
27
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2966.2
9
Ed Kent
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2809
8.52
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Ed Kent
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
0.4
Ed Kent
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Ed Kent
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Ed Kent
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
840
2.55
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2045
6.2
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.778
0.778
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.973
0.973
Ed Kent
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.11
Ed Kent
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.23
Ed Kent
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
51
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12369
37.52
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.16
Ed Kent
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1246
3.78
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.889
1.889
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
47
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11452
34.74
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Ed Kent
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
51
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52

Fielding Stats for Ed Kent and Dazzy Vance

Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Kent
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
27
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Kent
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570
Ed Kent
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
714
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
696
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.48
Ed Kent
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.575
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Kent
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Kent and Dazzy Vance

Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
442
238.49
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1112
600
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
971
523.92
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146
78.78
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
62.05
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
12.41
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
16.73
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47.63
25.7
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
192
103.6
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
232
125.18
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
36.69
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
40.47
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
136
73.38
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-60
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.96
20.48
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
42.63
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Kent
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
287
154.86
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.87
3.87
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
29.68
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Kent
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.16
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Ed Kent
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100