Ron Blazier vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks 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. Otis Starks posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.95 and WHIP 1.567 compared to 5.38 and 1.609 for Ron Blazier. By the career numbers, Otis Starks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Otis Starks

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.95
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
10.74
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.74
10.74
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.03
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
3.37
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.55
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
4.01
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
40.4
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1692
40.11
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
5.97
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.97
5.97
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.544
1.544
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1489
35.3
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Otis Starks

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Otis Starks

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
533.33
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
66.67
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.83
17.89
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
114.81
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.37
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.59
13.3
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
25.93
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100