Ron Blazier vs. Dick Littlefield — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Littlefield
Greatest GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Littlefield 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. Dick Littlefield posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.71 and WHIP 1.551 compared to 5.38 and 1.609 for Ron Blazier. By the career numbers, Dick Littlefield had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Dick Littlefield

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
243
2.87
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.98
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.39
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.64
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.93
37.93
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.16
34.16
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.19
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
4.71
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2285
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
761.2
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
8.86
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.86
8.86
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.08
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.03
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
4.88
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.21
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.55
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
5.85
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.065
1.065
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.192
1.192
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.24
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.14
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
40.4
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3395
40.12
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.72
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.97
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
5.45
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.45
5.45
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.527
1.527
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2970
35.09
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.12
40.12

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Dick Littlefield

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
243
4.53
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.95
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1447
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482.1
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.73
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.44
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.21
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
2.37
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.16
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.34
91.34
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.477
0.477
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20.99
20.99
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Dick Littlefield

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
245
680.56
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
216
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
536.11
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
77.78
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
66.67
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.33
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.78
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.38
17.72
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
91.67
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
111.11
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.366
0.366
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
30.56
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
27.78
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
58.33
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.7
10.28
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
33.33
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
71
197.22
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3.04
3.04
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
30.56
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.56
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA