Ron Blazier vs. Dizzy Dean — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dizzy Dean
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVPAll-Star

Dizzy Dean 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. Dizzy Dean posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.02 and WHIP 1.206 compared to 5.38 and 1.609 for Ron Blazier. By the career numbers, Dizzy Dean had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Dizzy Dean

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.45
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
1.05
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.69
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.38
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.38
64.38
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.56
72.56
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
0.7
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.12
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.14
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
3.02
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5902
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1967.1
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1919
8.78
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.43
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
3.03
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
2.07
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.55
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1163
5.32
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.821
0.821
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.12
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
40.4
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8171
37.38
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.35
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.97
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
774
3.54
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.206
1.206
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7691
35.18
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.38
37.38

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Dizzy Dean

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
27
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
9
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.98
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.98
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.99
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.159
0.159
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.133
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Dizzy Dean

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
325
254.57
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
766
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
717
561.62
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.568
0.568
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
161
126.11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
126
98.69
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
18.02
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.13
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
27.42
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49.52
38.79
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
216
169.19
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
171
133.94
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.537
0.537
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.407
0.407
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
59.53
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
59.53
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
112.79
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51.35
40.22
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.78
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
7.05
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
104
81.46
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.37
7.37
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
30.55
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
12
9.4
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.92
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.92
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100