Willie Blair vs. Brian Fuentes — Career Comparison

Willie Blair
Gen XKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brian Fuentes
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Willie Blair built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Fuentes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brian Fuentes led in run prevention (ERA+ 124 vs 88), strikeout rate (K%+ 115 vs 85), and home run suppression (HR9+ 104 vs 83). Willie Blair held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 122 vs 101). Role difference aside, Brian Fuentes holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Willie Blair and Brian Fuentes

Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
2.95
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
650
9.54
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.98
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.42
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.38
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.61
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.63
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.1
41.1
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.68
37.68
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.25
33.25
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
2.99
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
713
5.04
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
3.62
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3822
27
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1840
27
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1274
9
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
613.1
9
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1438
10.16
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
7.56
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.16
10.16
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.56
7.56
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
1.2
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.94
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
2.93
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
3.79
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.2
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.37
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
759
5.36
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
639
9.38
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.38
9.38
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.922
0.922
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.463
1.463
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.29
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.47
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.25
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.76
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5572
39.36
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2622
38.48
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.53
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
5.59
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
778
5.5
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
3.92
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.37
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.4
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.32
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.26
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.73
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.53
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.455
1.455
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5022
35.48
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2267
33.27
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.36
39.36
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.48
38.48

Fielding Stats for Willie Blair and Brian Fuentes

Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
2.95
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
650
9.54
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.98
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3822
27
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1840
27
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1274
9
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
613.1
9
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.46
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.16
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.99
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.04
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
1.51
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
1.29
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
1.45
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
1.2
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.79
95.79
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.18
93.18
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.126
0.126
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.25
33.25
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Blair and Brian Fuentes

Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
418
1510.84
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
650
390000
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
600
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
148
534.94
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
39.76
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
36.14
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.61
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.61
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.36
4.9
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
43.37
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
61.45
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.69
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.07
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
39.76
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-5.85
-21.15
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.69
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
89
321.69
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.87
1.87
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
43.37
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA