Ron Blazier vs. Winfield Welch — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Winfield Welch
Lost GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Winfield Welch 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. Winfield Welch posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.5 and WHIP 2.000 compared to 5.38 and 1.609 for Ron Blazier. By the career numbers, Winfield Welch had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Winfield Welch

Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.26
7.26
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
10.86
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
13.5
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.86
10.86
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.03
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.55
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
40.4
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
40.5
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
5.97
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.544
1.544
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
33.75
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.4
40.4
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Winfield Welch

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.5
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.25
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.25
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.25
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Winfield Welch

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
1.54
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.28
-24.41
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Winfield Welch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Winfield Welch
Career
Per 600 PA