Ron Blazier vs. Wilbur Wood — Career Comparison

Ron Blazier
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Wilbur Wood
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Wilbur Wood 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. Wilbur Wood led in home run suppression (HR9+ 93 vs 69), run prevention (ERA+ 98 vs 79), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 95 vs 92). Ron Blazier held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 142 vs 114). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Wilbur Wood.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blazier and Wilbur Wood

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
651
2.18
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.55
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.52
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.25
51.25
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.62
45.62
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.38
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.08
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.19
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.38
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.24
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8052
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2684
9
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
10.86
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2582
8.66
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.37
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.7
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
3.03
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
2.43
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.24
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.55
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1411
4.73
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.796
0.796
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.24
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.21
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
40.4
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11154
37.4
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.57
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
0.66
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.97
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1130
3.79
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.35
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.18
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
0.38
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
36.39
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10209
34.23
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.4
37.4

Fielding Stats for Ron Blazier and Wilbur Wood

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.16
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
651
2.18
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8055
27
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2685
9
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.59
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.28
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
1.75
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
621
2.08
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.98
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
607
2.03
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.75
97.75
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.932
0.932
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.62
45.62
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.09
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blazier and Wilbur Wood

Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
651
1025.2
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
381
600
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
514.29
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
322
507.09
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
42.52
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
39.37
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.15
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.15
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
120.36
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.43
5.39
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
45.67
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
75.59
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.32
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
20.47
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
37.8
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
138.91
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
-9.85
-15.51
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
31.5
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
189
297.64
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
2.02
2.02
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
59.84
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
7
11.02
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Ron Blazier
Career
Per 600 PA
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100