Ed Blake

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: December 23, 1925 in East St. Louis, IL us

Died: April 15, 2009 in Swansea, IL

Buried: Mount Carmel Cemetery, Belleville, IL

High School: East St. Louis HS (East St. Louis, IL)

School: St. Louis University (St. Louis, MO)

Debut: May 1, 1951 (Age 25-129d, 10,813th in major league history)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: April 28, 1957 (Age 31-126d)
vs. CHW 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Full Name: Edward James Blake

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.0

ERA

8.31

8.2

WHIP

2.192

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1944	18	STL-min	B,AA	4	4	.500	3.17	13	4	3	2	0		54.0	74	40	19		21		20	1	0	0				1.759	12.3		3.5	3.3	0.95	ALN,CLB ISLG,AA
1946	20	STL-min	A	16	8	.667	3.51	30			17	1		195.0	209	84	76		50		77	2	0	7				1.328	9.6		2.3	3.6	1.54	CBS SALL
1947	21	STL-min	A,AAA	3	11	.214	4.46	29			4	1		113.0	116	68	56		58		47	3	1	2				1.540	9.2		4.6	3.7	0.81	CBS,CLB SALL,AA
1948	22	STL-min	AAA	7	6	.538	3.88	34	7		1	1		123.0	113	66	53		68		59	6	3	3				1.472	8.3		5.0	4.3	0.87	ROC IL
1949	23	STL-CIN-min	AAA					30																										ROC,SYR IL
1950	24	CIN-min	AAA	12	8	.600	3.51	31	23		12	2		182.0	169	95	71		91		65	1	3	7				1.429	8.4		4.5	3.2	0.71	SYR IL
1951	25	STL-min	AAA	7	15	.318	5.91	27	24		12	1		172.0	206	127	113		93		72	10	3	9				1.738	10.8		4.9	3.8	0.77	CLB AA
1951	25	CIN	NL	0	0		11.25	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	10	5	5	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	24	40	12.48	2.750	22.5	6.8	2.3	2.3	1.00
1952	26	BSN-min	AAA	10	3	.769	3.96	21	19		10	0		134.0	132	66	59		39		47	1	1	7				1.276	8.9		2.6	3.2	1.21	MLW AA
1952	26	CIN	NL	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12		2.39	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1953	27	CLE-min	AAA	14	7	.667	3.76	29	29		14	2		208.0	242	101	87	12	37		66	4	1	4				1.341	10.5	0.5	1.6	2.9	1.78	INA AA
1953	27	CIN	NL	0	0		inf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	9							0.00

1957	31	KCA	AL	0	0		5.40	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	8	90	13.86	1.800	5.4	5.4	10.8	0.0	0.00
4 Yrs				0	0		8.31	8	0	5	0	0	0	8.2	15	8	8	4	4	1	1	0	1	1	46	56	9.60	2.192	15.6	4.2	4.2	1.0	0.25
162 Game Avg.				0	0		8.31	68	0	42	0	0	0	74	128	68	68	34	34	8	8	0	8	8	391	56	9.60	2.192	15.6	4.2	4.2	1.0	0.25

CIN (3 yrs)				0	0		9.00	6	0	4	0	0	0	7.0	14	7	7	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	38	51	8.16	2.286	18.0	3.9	2.6	1.3	0.50
KCA (1 yr)				0	0		5.40	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	8	90	13.86	1.800	5.4	5.4	10.8	0.0	0.00

NL (3 yrs)				0	0		9.00	6	0	4	0	0	0	7.0	14	7	7	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	38	51	8.16	2.286	18.0	3.9	2.6	1.3	0.50
AL (1 yr)				0	0		5.40	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	8	90	13.86	1.800	5.4	5.4	10.8	0.0	0.00

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