Ron Blazier vs. Pat Dobson — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Pat Dobson
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Pat Dobson 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. Pat Dobson led in strikeout rate (K%+ 103 vs 86), run prevention (ERA+ 92 vs 79), and home run suppression (HR9+ 79 vs 69). Ron Blazier held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 142 vs 100). Role difference aside, Pat Dobson holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Pat Dobson

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
1.76
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.18
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.52
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
0.55
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.61
48.61
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.39
67.39
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.31
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.06
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
833
3.54
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6361
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2120.1
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2043
8.67
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
0.84
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
3.03
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
2.82
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.32
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.55
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1301
5.52
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.927
0.927
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.22
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.11
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
40.4
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8872
37.66
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.22
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.97
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
3.99
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.34
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.2
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
0.37
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.277
1.277
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8055
34.19
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.66
37.66

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Pat Dobson

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
1.76
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.18
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6359
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2119.2
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
0.6
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.23
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
450
1.91
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
1.83
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.78
95.78
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.041
1.041
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.39
67.39
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.06
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Pat Dobson

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
414
660.64
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
376
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
514.29
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
317
505.85
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
62.23
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
55.85
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.38
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.38
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.24
8.37
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
68.62
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
81.38
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.291
0.291
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
20.74
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
19.15
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
39.89
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.22
-5.13
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.6
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.55
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
102
162.77
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.69
3.69
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
75
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
12.77
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.6
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.6
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0