Ron Blazier vs. Ken Waldichuk — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ken Waldichuk
Gen ZCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ken Waldichuk 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. Ken Waldichuk posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.28 and WHIP 1.497 compared to 5.38 and 1.609 for Ron Blazier. By the career numbers, Ken Waldichuk had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Ken Waldichuk

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
2.15
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.49
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.31
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.56
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.29
35.29
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.05
69.05
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
5.28
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
527
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175.2
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
9.27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.27
9.27
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.37
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.49
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.03
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
4.15
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
6.55
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
8.45
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.55
6.55
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.065
1.065
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.41
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.67
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
40.4
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
785
40.22
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.97
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
5.74
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.74
5.74
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.36
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.87
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.492
1.492
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
682
34.94
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.22
40.22

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Ken Waldichuk

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
2.15
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.49
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
527
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175.2
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.2
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.61
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.2
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.02
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.98
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.82
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.381
0.381
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.05
69.05
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Ken Waldichuk

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
42
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
514.29
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Ken Waldichuk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Waldichuk
Career
Per 600 PA