Ron Blazier vs. Bill Butler — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Butler
Baby BoomersMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Butler 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. Bill Butler led in home run suppression (HR9+ 105 vs 69), strikeout rate (K%+ 106 vs 86), and run prevention (ERA+ 96 vs 79). Ron Blazier held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 142 vs 74). Role difference aside, Bill Butler holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Bill Butler

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
2.04
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.31
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.35
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.53
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.66
39.66
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.18
64.18
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
4.21
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1775
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591.2
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
555
8.44
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.44
8.44
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.99
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.03
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
4.75
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.55
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
6.21
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.065
1.065
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
40.4
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2584
39.31
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.26
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.97
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
4.62
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.32
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.2
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.23
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.465
1.465
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2232
33.95
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.31
39.31

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Bill Butler

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
2.04
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.31
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1776
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
592
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.18
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.84
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.09
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.02
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.06
93.06
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.18
64.18
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Bill Butler

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
134
604.51
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
527.82
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
27.07
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
27.07
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.55
2.48
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
27.07
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
67.67
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.066
0.066
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.51
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.07
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
31.58
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.08
-27.44
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
40.6
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
79
356.39
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
1.68
1.68
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
27.07
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.51
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.02
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA