Alan Benes vs. Ron Blazier — Career Comparison

Alan Benes
Gen XIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Alan Benes 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. Alan Benes led in home run suppression (HR9+ 107 vs 69), run prevention (ERA+ 115 vs 79), and strikeout rate (K%+ 115 vs 86). Ron Blazier held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 142 vs 80). Role difference aside, Alan Benes holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Alan Benes and Ron Blazier

Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
2.1
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.28
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.53
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.51
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.88
50.88
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.87
60.87
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
4.59
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1482
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
494
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
8.98
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
1.07
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
4.01
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.03
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.16
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
7.31
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
6.55
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.55
6.55
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.257
1.257
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.065
1.065
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.44
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.26
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2153
39.22
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
40.4
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.44
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
5.17
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.97
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.44
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.31
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.75
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.443
1.443
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1878
34.21
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.22
39.22
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4

Fielding Stats for Alan Benes and Ron Blazier

Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
2.1
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.28
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1482
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
494
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.56
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.73
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.35
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.29
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.95
95.95
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.617
0.617
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.87
60.87
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alan Benes and Ron Blazier

Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
456.95
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
151
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
552.32
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
87.42
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
63.58
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
23.84
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
23.84
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.79
19.02
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
111.26
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
99.34
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.378
0.378
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
23.84
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
31.79
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
55.63
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.37
9.43
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.92
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
53
210.6
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
2.85
2.85
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
35.76
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.97
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA