Ron Blazier vs. Kirby White — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kirby White
Lost GenerationOhioThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kirby White 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. Kirby White posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.24 and WHIP 1.397 compared to 5.38 and 1.609 for Ron Blazier. By the career numbers, Kirby White had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Kirby White

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Kirby White
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.58
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.2
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.46
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Kirby White
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.68
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Kirby White
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.48
40.48
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.86
75.86
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.57
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Kirby White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
3.24
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
992
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330.2
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Kirby White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
8
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.03
Kirby White
Career
Per 9 Innings
168
4.57
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Kirby White
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.55
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
2.78
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Kirby White
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Kirby White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.817
0.817
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Kirby White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.35
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirby White
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.24
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirby White
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
40.4
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1366
37.18
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Kirby White
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.24
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.97
Kirby White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
4.27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Kirby White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.397
1.397
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1189
32.36
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Kirby White
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4
Kirby White
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.18
37.18

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Kirby White

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Kirby White
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.6
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.18
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
981
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.3
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
2.17
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirby White
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.33
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
2.81
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
2.48
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kirby White
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.24
88.24
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.552
1.552
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.14
74.14
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirby White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirby White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirby White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirby White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Kirby White

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Kirby White
Career
Per 600 PA
58
292.44
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
119
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
519.33
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kirby White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Kirby White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.588
0.588
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
110.92
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
90.76
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.13
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.04
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
20.17
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.26
41.62
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
136.13
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
161.34
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kirby White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kirby White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Kirby White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.545
0.545
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Kirby White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Kirby White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Kirby White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
45.38
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.13
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
60.5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.28
46.77
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.08
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
40.34
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Kirby White
Career
Per 600 PA
25
126.05
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Kirby White
Career
Per 600 PA
4.76
4.76
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Kirby White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
30.25
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirby White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Kirby White
Career
Per 600 PA