Ron Blazier vs. Akinori Otsuka — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Akinori Otsuka
Gen XJapanThrows RightBats RightAsiaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

The numbers give Akinori Otsuka a clear advantage over Ron Blazier across the core pitching metrics. Akinori Otsuka led in home run suppression (HR9+ 201 vs 69), run prevention (ERA+ 186 vs 79), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 146 vs 92). Ron Blazier held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 142 vs 128). Akinori Otsuka was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Akinori Otsuka

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
6.16
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
9.16
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.5
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.58
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.43
46.43
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.51
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
2.44
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
696
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
7.37
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.37
7.37
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.47
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.03
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
3.1
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.58
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
6.55
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
8.42
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.55
6.55
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.065
1.065
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
40.4
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
951
36.89
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.57
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
3.72
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.97
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
2.75
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.39
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.89
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.164
1.164
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
856
33.21
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.89
36.89

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Akinori Otsuka

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
6.16
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
9.16
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
696
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.66
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.16
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
2.02
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.82
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.38
90.38
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.199
0.199
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Akinori Otsuka

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
63
5400
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
70800
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
600
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA