Ron Blazier vs. Jimmy Nelson — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jimmy Nelson
MillenialOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jimmy Nelson 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. Jimmy Nelson led in home run suppression (HR9+ 119 vs 69), run prevention (ERA+ 105 vs 79), and strikeout rate (K%+ 105 vs 86). Ron Blazier held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 142 vs 95). Role difference aside, Jimmy Nelson holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Jimmy Nelson

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
2
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.47
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.46
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.65
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.46
41.46
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.47
73.47
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
4.12
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1987
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662.1
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
643
8.74
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.74
8.74
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.94
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.03
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
3.44
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
6.55
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
8.45
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.55
6.55
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.065
1.065
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.48
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.72
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
40.4
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2856
38.81
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.97
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
4.63
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.23
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.22
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.99
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.353
1.353
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2517
34.2
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.314
0.314
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Jimmy Nelson

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
2
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.47
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1987
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662.1
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.96
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.14
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.52
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.39
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.07
91.07
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.694
0.694
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.47
73.47
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Jimmy Nelson

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
424.04
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
208
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
191
550.96
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
54.81
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
49.04
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.77
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.77
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.3
6.64
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
60.58
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
66.35
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.65
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
20.19
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
28.85
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.8
-16.72
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.54
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
116
334.62
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
37.5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.88
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA