Ron Blazier vs. Cliff Melton — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cliff Melton
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Cliff Melton 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. Cliff Melton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.42 and WHIP 1.291 compared to 5.38 and 1.609 for Ron Blazier. By the career numbers, Cliff Melton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Cliff Melton

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
1.68
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
1.11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.53
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.5
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.81
51.81
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.81
65.81
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.4
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.1
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
3.42
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4361
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453.2
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1446
8.95
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.95
8.95
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.49
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
3.03
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
2.67
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.55
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
660
4.09
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.14
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
40.4
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6159
38.13
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.33
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.97
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
4.14
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.291
1.291
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5706
35.33
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.13
38.13

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Cliff Melton

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
27
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
9
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.98
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
458
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.98
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.51
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.159
0.159
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.625
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Cliff Melton

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
272
302.22
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
540
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
469
521.11
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
0.45
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
85.56
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
78.89
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.44
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.22
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.67
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.8
16.44
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
94.44
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
107.78
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
31.11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
35.56
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
66.67
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.46
12.73
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
22.22
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
108
120
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
56.67
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
10
11.11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA