Ron Blazier vs. Bill Drake — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Drake
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Drake 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. Bill Drake posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.69 and WHIP 1.393 compared to 5.38 and 1.609 for Ron Blazier. By the career numbers, Bill Drake had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Bill Drake

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
1.36
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.05
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.58
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.51
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.02
53.02
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.42
77.42
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.72
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
506
3.69
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3704
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1234.2
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1298
9.46
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.46
9.46
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.21
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.03
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
422
3.08
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.55
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
4.05
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.792
0.792
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.23
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
40.4
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4862
35.44
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.19
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.97
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
654
4.77
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.04
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.66
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.393
1.393
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4267
31.1
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.44
35.44

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Bill Drake

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
1.52
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.14
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3358
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1119.1
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
3.41
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.28
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
497
4
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
3.71
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.96
92.96
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.444
2.444
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.13
75.13
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Bill Drake

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
194
220.04
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
529
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
470
533.08
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.576
0.576
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
105.48
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
81.66
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
13.61
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.4
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
23.82
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37.61
42.66
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
146.31
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
131
148.58
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.532
0.532
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.459
0.459
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
55.58
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
55.58
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
104.35
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39.56
44.87
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
36.29
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.54
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132.25
132.25
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
23.82
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100