Ron Blazier vs. Sonny Collins — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sonny Collins
UnknownPhiladelphia Bacharach GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Sonny 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. Ron Blazier posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.38 and WHIP 1.609 compared to 9.22 and 2.305 for Sonny Collins. By the career numbers, Ron Blazier had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Sonny Collins

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
5.38
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
9.22
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.38
5.38
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.22
9.22
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
10.86
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
15.48
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.86
10.86
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.48
15.48
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.03
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
5.27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.55
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.805
0.805
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
40.4
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
48.73
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
5.97
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
10.21
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.97
5.97
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.544
1.544
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.305
2.305
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
36.39
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
42.48
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.372
0.372
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.4
40.4
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.73
48.73

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Sonny Collins

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.63
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.96
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.96
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Sonny Collins

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
7
300
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
557.14
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.857
0.857
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
214.29
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
171.43
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.13
91.31
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
257.14
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
214.29
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.462
0.462
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.846
0.846
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.75
0.75
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
257.14
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.47
105.72
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA