Willie Banks vs. Ron Blazier — Career Comparison

Willie Banks
Gen XNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Willie Banks built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Blazier as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Willie Banks led in home run suppression (HR9+ 99 vs 69), strikeout rate (K%+ 111 vs 86), and run prevention (ERA+ 92 vs 79). Ron Blazier held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 142 vs 85). Role difference aside, Willie Banks holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Willie Banks and Ron Blazier

Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
2.67
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.24
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.49
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.58
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.83
45.83
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.41
46.41
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
4.75
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1831
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
610.1
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
632
9.32
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.32
9.32
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.96
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
4.45
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.03
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.24
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
6.31
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.55
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.31
6.31
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.065
1.065
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.6
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.49
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.22
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2717
40.06
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
40.4
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.59
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
5.46
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.97
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.46
5.46
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.37
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.24
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.84
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2359
34.79
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.07
40.07
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4

Fielding Stats for Willie Banks and Ron Blazier

Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
2.67
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.24
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1831
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
610.1
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.84
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.96
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.95
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.8
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.42
92.42
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.674
0.674
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.41
46.41
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Banks and Ron Blazier

Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
184
1380
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
510
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
514.29
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.494
0.494
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
90
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
75
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.99
22.41
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
105
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
120
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.428
0.428
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
37.5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
45
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.77
20.75
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
23
172.5
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.48
3.48
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
60
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA