Ron Blazier vs. Ted Lyons — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Lyons
Lost GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ted Lyons 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. Ted Lyons posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.67 and WHIP 1.348 compared to 5.38 and 1.609 for Ron Blazier. By the career numbers, Ted Lyons had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Ted Lyons

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
594
1.28
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
1.05
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
0.56
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
230
0.5
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.06
53.06
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.48
81.48
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
0.77
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.06
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.05
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1696
3.67
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12483
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4161
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4489
9.71
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.71
9.71
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
0.48
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
3.03
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1121
2.42
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.55
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1073
2.32
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.527
0.527
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.12
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.07
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.01
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
40.4
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17846
38.6
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
0.2
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.97
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2056
4.45
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.348
1.348
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16694
36.11
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Ted Lyons

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
595
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
27
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
9
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
943
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.98
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.98
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1162
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.8
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.159
0.159
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.953
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Ted Lyons

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
705
245.08
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1726
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1563
543.34
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.587
0.587
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
364
126.54
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
301
104.63
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
17.03
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
3.13
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.74
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
21.9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
119.98
41.71
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
446
155.04
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
444
154.35
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.285
0.285
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.556
0.556
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.435
0.435
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
56.32
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
51.8
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
306
106.37
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
137.31
47.73
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
2.43
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
25.38
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
201
69.87
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.59
8.59
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
28.85
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
9
3.13
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.35
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.35
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0