Ron Blazier vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster 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. Rube Foster posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.36 and WHIP 1.224 compared to 5.38 and 1.609 for Ron Blazier. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Rube Foster

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.35
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.74
63.74
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.03
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
3.26
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.55
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
40.4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.97
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Rube Foster

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.98
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.98
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.159
0.159
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Rube Foster

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
295.08
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
531.15
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.576
0.576
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
114.1
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
86.56
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.1
39.54
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
145.57
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
145.57
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.533
0.533
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.42
42.14
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
59
116.07
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
5.17
5.17
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100