Ron Blazier vs. Darren Oliver — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Darren Oliver
Gen XMissouriThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Darren Oliver 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. Ron Blazier led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 142 vs 97), strikeout rate (K%+ 86 vs 75), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 92 vs 90). Darren Oliver held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 95 vs 69). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Ron Blazier.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Darren Oliver

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
766
3.6
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.08
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.55
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.46
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.63
54.63
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.9
29.9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.05
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
960
4.51
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5747
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1915.2
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2037
9.57
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.57
9.57
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
1.01
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.01
1.01
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.03
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
720
3.38
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.21
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.55
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1259
5.91
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.64
1.64
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.033
1.033
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.28
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.45
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
40.4
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8346
39.21
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
0.57
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.97
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1045
4.91
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.35
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.31
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
0.93
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.439
1.439
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7391
34.72
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.21
39.21

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Darren Oliver

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
766
3.6
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.08
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5747
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1915.2
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.33
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.33
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
1.71
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
1.66
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.25
97.25
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.462
0.462
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.9
29.9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.08
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Darren Oliver

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
775
1913.58
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
243
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
217
535.8
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.582
0.582
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
118.52
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
88.89
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.16
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.47
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
29.63
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.27
37.69
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
153.09
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
145.68
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.545
0.545
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
0.42
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
41.98
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
49.38
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
88.89
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.53
38.35
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.41
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
19.75
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
74
182.72
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
3.28
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
37.04
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
5
12.35
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA