Ron Blazier vs. Jim Lewis — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Lewis
UnknownThrows LeftPittsburgh CrawfordsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Jim Lewis 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 5.79 and 1.482 for Jim Lewis. 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 Jim Lewis

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.75
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
5.38
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
5.79
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.38
5.38
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
247
27
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.1
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
10.82
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.82
10.82
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.55
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
3.03
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.51
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.55
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.19
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.522
0.522
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
40.4
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
367
40.12
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.66
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
5.97
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
6.89
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.97
5.97
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.89
6.89
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.31
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.98
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.482
1.482
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
330
36.07
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.12
40.12

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Jim Lewis

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.75
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
247
27
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.1
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.4
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.73
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.73
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.563
1.563
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Jim Lewis

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
16
331.03
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
517.24
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.552
0.552
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
82.76
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.01
41.56
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
124.14
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
165.52
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.516
0.516
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.476
0.476
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
124.14
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.86
38.48
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA