Ron Blazier vs. Danny MacFayden — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny MacFayden
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny MacFayden 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. Danny MacFayden posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.424 compared to 5.38 and 1.609 for Ron Blazier. By the career numbers, Danny MacFayden had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Danny MacFayden

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
1.55
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.1
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.44
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
0.53
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.36
45.36
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.4
71.4
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
0.53
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.06
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.03
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1191
3.96
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8118
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2706
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2981
9.91
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.91
9.91
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.37
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
3.03
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
872
2.9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.55
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
797
2.65
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.71
1.71
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.617
0.617
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.07
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.21
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
40.4
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11805
39.26
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.25
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.97
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1395
4.64
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10869
36.15
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.26
39.26

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Danny MacFayden

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
466
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
27
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
9
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
635
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.98
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
792
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.98
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
753
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.08
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.159
0.159
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.616
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Danny MacFayden

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
470
280.04
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1007
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
910
542.2
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.407
0.407
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
76.86
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
60.77
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
13.11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.38
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.6
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
16.09
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29.47
17.56
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
96.52
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
171
101.89
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
39.32
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
28
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
66.73
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.8
7.63
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.6
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
24.43
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
309
184.11
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
3.26
3.26
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
32.77
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
7
4.17
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.6
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.6
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.19
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50