Ron Blazier vs. Dick Coffman — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Coffman
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Coffman 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. Dick Coffman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.65 and WHIP 1.537 compared to 5.38 and 1.609 for Ron Blazier. By the career numbers, Dick Coffman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Dick Coffman

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
472
2.91
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.81
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.44
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.59
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.11
43.11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.97
27.97
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.29
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.23
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
4.65
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4381
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1460.1
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
10.86
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1782
10.98
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.86
10.86
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.98
10.98
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.57
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
3.03
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
2.85
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.55
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
2.29
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.572
0.572
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.22
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
40.4
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6542
40.32
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
1.2
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.97
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
894
5.51
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.51
5.51
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.537
1.537
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
36.39
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6044
37.25
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.89
1.89
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.32
40.32

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Dick Coffman

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
472
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
27
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
9
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
293
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.98
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
394
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.98
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
375
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.18
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.159
0.159
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.795
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Dick Coffman

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
472
639.28
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
443
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
400
541.76
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
69.07
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
52.82
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
14.9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.35
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
16.25
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.8
15.99
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
86.68
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
98.87
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
28.44
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
21.67
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
50.11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.13
4.23
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
29.8
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
151
204.51
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
2.93
2.93
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
28.44
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA