Ron Blazier vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tim Wakefield 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. Tim Wakefield led in run prevention (ERA+ 90 vs 79), home run suppression (HR9+ 78 vs 69), and strikeout rate (K%+ 87 vs 86). Ron Blazier held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 142 vs 92). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Tim Wakefield.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Tim Wakefield

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.5
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.63
52.63
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.06
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1582
4.41
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3152
8.79
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
1.17
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.03
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.55
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156
6.01
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.042
1.042
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.37
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
40.4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13939
38.88
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.97
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1791
5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.3
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12388
34.56
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Tim Wakefield

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
0.92
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.08
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.63
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
1.55
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.08
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Tim Wakefield

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
630
2907.69
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
514.29
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
60
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.28
15.14
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
83.08
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
32.31
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
69.23
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA