Ron Blazier vs. Ryan Bowen — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ryan Bowen
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ryan Bowen 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. Ryan Bowen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.3 and WHIP 1.678 compared to 5.38 and 1.609 for Ron Blazier. By the career numbers, Ryan Bowen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Ryan Bowen

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.77
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.66
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.47
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.77
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.78
37.78
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
5.3
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.3
5.3
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
978
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
326
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
9.66
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.66
9.66
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.97
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.03
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
5.08
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.36
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.55
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
5.96
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.065
1.065
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.227
1.227
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.49
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.69
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.14
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
40.4
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
40.97
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.97
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
5.74
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.74
5.74
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.36
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.39
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.8
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.544
1.544
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.638
1.638
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1263
34.87
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.311
0.311
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.4
40.4
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.97
40.97

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Ryan Bowen

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.77
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.66
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
978
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
326
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.3
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.97
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.14
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.41
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.27
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.2
90.2
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.719
0.719
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Ryan Bowen

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
380.36
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
546.43
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.482
0.482
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
96.43
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
69.64
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.43
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.36
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.79
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.17
27.69
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
128.57
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
123.21
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
0.45
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.341
0.341
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
48.21
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.07
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
64.29
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.36
23.33
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.79
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
36
192.86
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
3.11
3.11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
26.79
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.36
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.36
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Ryan Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0