Cory Abbott vs. Dennis Blair — Career Comparison

Cory Abbott
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dennis Blair
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dennis Blair built a career as a starting pitcher and Cory Abbott as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dennis Blair led in home run suppression (HR9+ 119 vs 48), run prevention (ERA+ 103 vs 69), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 87 vs 65). Cory Abbott held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 88 vs 69). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Dennis Blair.

Pitching Stats for Cory Abbott and Dennis Blair

Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.87
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
1.65
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.86
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.43
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.5
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.6
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.66
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.18
43.18
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.1
87.1
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
6.02
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
3.69
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.66
6.66
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.46
6.46
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1017
27
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
9
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
9.63
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
8.02
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.63
9.63
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.02
8.02
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
2.41
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.66
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
4.73
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
5.1
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
8.34
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
4.73
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.452
1.452
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.091
1.091
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.48
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.27
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
41.36
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1486
39.45
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.63
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
6.36
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
4.22
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.36
6.36
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.32
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.06
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.596
1.596
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.457
1.457
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
35.34
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1265
33.58
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.64
1.64
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.36
41.36
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.45
39.45

Fielding Stats for Cory Abbott and Dennis Blair

Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.87
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
1.65
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.86
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.43
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1017
27
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
9
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.34
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.5
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.51
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.6
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
2.15
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.6
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
2.02
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.83
93.83
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.156
0.156
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.226
1.226
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.1
87.1
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cory Abbott and Dennis Blair

Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
9200
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
302.44
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
600
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
531.71
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
68.29
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
63.41
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.88
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.88
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.33
11.37
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
73.17
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
92.68
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.39
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.63
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
39.02
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
80.16
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.14
-0.68
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.39
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
51
248.78
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
2.41
2.41
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
39.02
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.88
Cory Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.88
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cory Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA