Ron Blazier vs. Rip Coleman — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rip Coleman
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rip Coleman 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. Rip Coleman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.58 and WHIP 1.670 compared to 5.38 and 1.609 for Ron Blazier. By the career numbers, Rip Coleman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Rip Coleman

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
3.46
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.2
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.25
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.91
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.88
21.87
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.74
34.74
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.18
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
4.58
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
742
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
247.1
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
10.44
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.44
10.44
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.76
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.03
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
4.51
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.55
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
4.73
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.027
1.027
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.22
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
40.4
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1123
40.86
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.95
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.97
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
5.24
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.24
5.24
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.544
1.544
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.662
1.662
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
995
36.21
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.52
1.52
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.315
0.315
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.4
40.4
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.86
40.86

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Rip Coleman

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
3.46
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.2
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
742
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
247.1
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.55
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.75
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.18
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.47
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
2.29
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.65
92.65
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.663
0.663
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.74
34.74
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Rip Coleman

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
730.77
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
530.77
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
38.46
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
38.46
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.63
4.87
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
38.46
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
69.23
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
38.46
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
38.46
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.46
-18.89
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
30.77
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
37
284.62
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
2.11
2.11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Rip Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
38.46
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Rip Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA