Ron Blazier vs. Jim Bouton — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Bouton
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Bouton 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. Jim Bouton led in home run suppression (HR9+ 98 vs 69), run prevention (ERA+ 103 vs 79), and strikeout rate (K%+ 94 vs 86). Ron Blazier held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 142 vs 106). Role difference aside, Jim Bouton holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Jim Bouton

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
304
2.21
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.05
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.45
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.46
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.6
49.6
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.37
47.37
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.25
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
3.57
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3716
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1238.2
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1131
8.22
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.92
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.03
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
3.16
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.2
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.55
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
720
5.23
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.933
0.933
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.28
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.17
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
40.4
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5200
37.78
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.41
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.97
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
566
4.11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.264
1.264
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4734
34.4
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.78
37.78

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Jim Bouton

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
304
2.21
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.05
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3715
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1238.1
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.81
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
1.29
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
2.21
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
2.1
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.07
95.07
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.37
47.37
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.09
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Jim Bouton

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
307
467.51
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
394
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
347
528.43
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.326
0.326
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
53.3
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
48.73
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.57
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.57
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.086
0.086
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.26
8
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
57.87
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
79.19
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.18
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
31.98
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
44.16
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.35
-9.67
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.57
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
21.32
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
160
243.65
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
2.46
2.46
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
44.16
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.52
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA