Ron Blazier vs. Ted Shaw — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Shaw
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ted Shaw 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. Ted Shaw posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.77 and WHIP 1.427 compared to 5.38 and 1.609 for Ron Blazier. By the career numbers, Ted Shaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Ted Shaw

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.01
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.55
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.81
55.81
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.13
72.13
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.71
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
4.77
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
9.43
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.41
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.03
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
3.42
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.55
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
4.38
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
40.4
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1721
39.48
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.23
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.97
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
5.78
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.78
5.78
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.38
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.67
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.427
1.427
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1492
34.23
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.48
39.48

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Ted Shaw

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.2
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.55
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.39
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.69
93.69
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.705
1.705
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.77
73.77
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Ted Shaw

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
232.37
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
541.04
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.638
0.638
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
128.32
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
97.11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.94
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.21
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.19
52.69
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
173.41
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
166.47
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.608
0.608
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.521
0.521
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
79.77
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
58.96
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
135.26
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.01
58.99
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
34.68
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
20.81
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100