Ron Blazier vs. Fred Olmstead — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Olmstead
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Olmstead 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. Fred Olmstead posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.74 and WHIP 1.313 compared to 5.38 and 1.609 for Ron Blazier. By the career numbers, Fred Olmstead had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Fred Olmstead

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.66
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.93
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.48
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.5
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.72
48.72
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.06
56.06
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.65
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.74
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1076
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
358.2
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
9.49
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.49
9.49
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
3.03
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
2.33
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.55
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
3.39
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.636
0.636
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.28
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.28
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
40.4
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1442
36.18
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.48
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.97
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
4.07
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
33.57
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.311
0.311
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.18
36.18

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Fred Olmstead

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
2.46
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.97
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
723
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.6
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
4.18
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.3
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
5.08
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.78
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.939
1.939
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.39
39.39
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Fred Olmstead

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
300
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
563.64
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.405
0.405
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
86.36
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
72.73
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.55
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.09
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.64
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.61
20.96
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
109.09
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
109.09
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.18
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.73
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
40.91
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.38
15.35
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.73
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
19
86.36
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
6.95
6.95
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
13.64
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA