Ron Blazier vs. Bill Macdonald — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Macdonald
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Macdonald 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 Macdonald posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.66 and WHIP 1.534 compared to 5.38 and 1.609 for Ron Blazier. By the career numbers, Bill Macdonald had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Bill Macdonald

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.02
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.18
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.45
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.62
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.34
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
4.66
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.41
5.41
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
481
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160.1
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
8.42
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.95
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.03
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
5.39
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.55
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
3.59
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.998
0.998
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
40.4
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
703
39.46
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.51
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.97
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.534
1.534
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
33.96
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.46
39.46

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Bill Macdonald

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
27
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
9
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.98
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.98
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.45
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.159
0.159
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.583
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Bill Macdonald

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
36
392.73
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
534.55
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
65.45
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
54.55
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.91
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.91
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
1.25
13.61
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
76.36
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
109.09
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
32.73
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.91
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
43.64
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
1.83
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
43.64
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
18
196.36
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
3.06
3.06
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
21.82
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.91
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA