Ron Blazier vs. Spike Merena — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Spike Merena
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Spike Merena 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. Spike Merena posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.92 and WHIP 1.459 compared to 5.38 and 1.609 for Ron Blazier. By the career numbers, Spike Merena had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Spike Merena

Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.46
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.09
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.73
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.73
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.92
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
27
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.2
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
7.3
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.3
7.3
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.73
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.03
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
5.84
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.55
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.55
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.932
0.932
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
40.4
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
39.41
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
5.97
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.92
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
33.2
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.41
39.41

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Spike Merena

Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
27
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
9
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.98
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.98
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.159
0.159
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Spike Merena

Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
4
240
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
514.29
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
420
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0.55
0.55
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
17
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
2
120
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
23.06
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA