Ron Blazier vs. Gene Collins — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gene Collins
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Gene Collins 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. Gene Collins posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.21 and WHIP 1.829 compared to 5.38 and 1.609 for Ron Blazier. By the career numbers, Gene Collins had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Gene Collins

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.78
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.18
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.59
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.59
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.59
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
5.21
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.189
0.189
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
27
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.39
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.39
6.39
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.03
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
10.07
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.07
10.07
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
6.55
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
10.07
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.55
6.55
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.07
10.07
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.065
1.065
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.237
2.237
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.36
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.83
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
40.4
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
45.47
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.36
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
5.97
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
7.7
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.97
5.97
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.7
7.7
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.71
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.544
1.544
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.829
1.829
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
33.87
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.4
40.4
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.47
45.47

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Gene Collins

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.78
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.18
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
27
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.25
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.47
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.84
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.37
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Gene Collins

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
20
342.86
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
531.43
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.714
0.714
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
137.14
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
85.71
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.14
70.92
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
188.57
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
205.71
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.343
0.343
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.355
0.355
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.698
0.698
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.652
0.652
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
85.71
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.3
73.77
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA