Ron Blazier vs. Jim Walkup — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Walkup
Greatest GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Walkup 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. Ron Blazier posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.38 and WHIP 1.609 compared to 6.74 and 1.890 for Jim Walkup. By the career numbers, Ron Blazier had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Jim Walkup

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
2.26
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.03
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.31
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.74
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.63
29.63
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.69
45.69
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.21
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
5.38
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
346
6.74
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.38
5.38
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.88
6.88
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1387
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462.1
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
10.86
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
614
11.95
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.86
10.86
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.95
11.95
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.95
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.03
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.06
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.55
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
2.61
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.16
1.16
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.852
0.852
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.39
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
40.4
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2195
42.73
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.66
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
5.97
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
7.42
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.97
5.97
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.42
7.42
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.544
1.544
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.89
1.89
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
36.39
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1930
37.57
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.323
0.323
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.4
40.4
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.73
42.73

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Jim Walkup

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
27
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
9
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.98
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.98
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.64
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.159
0.159
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.991
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Jim Walkup

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
116
443.31
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
157
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
546.5
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
99.36
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
95.54
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.82
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.82
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.26
20.09
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
103.18
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
114.65
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
45.86
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
30.57
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
76.43
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.97
18.99
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.29
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 600 PA
49
187.26
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 600 PA
3.2
3.2
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jim Walkup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
38.22
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Walkup
Career
Per 600 PA