Ron Blazier

Ronald Patrick Blazier

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: July 30, 1971 in Altoona, PA
High School: Bellwood HS (Bellwood, PA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 31, 1996
Team: Phillies 1996-1997

Final Game: September 28, 1997
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1990	18	PRI	Rk	3	5	.375	4.46	14	13	1	1	0	0	78.2	77	46	39	10	29	1	45	1	1	3			1.347	8.8	1.1	3.3	5.1	1.55	PRI · APPY
1991	19	PHI-min	A-	7	5	.583	4.60	24	8	8	0	0	2	72.1	81	40	37	11	17	3	77	3	1	2	312		1.355	10.1	1.4	2.1	9.6	4.53	BAT · NYPL
1992	20	PHI-min	A	14	7	.667	2.65	30	21	6	2	0	0	159.2	141	55	47	10	32	0	149	5	0	4	640		1.084	7.9	0.6	1.8	8.4	4.66	SPB · SALL
1993	21	PHI-min	A+	9	8	.529	3.94	27	23	1	1	0	0	155.1	171	80	68	8	40	5	86	6	1	1	663		1.358	9.9	0.5	2.3	5.0	2.15	CLW · FLOR
1994	22	PHI-min	A+	13	5	.722	3.38	29	29	0	0	0	0	173.1	177	73	65	15	36	1	120	9	2	2	715		1.229	9.2	0.8	1.9	6.2	3.33	CLW · FLOR
1995	23	PHI-min	AA	4	5	.444	3.29	56	3	17	0	0	1	106.2	93	44	39	11	31	7	102	0	1	2	431		1.162	7.8	0.9	2.6	8.6	3.29	REA · EL
1996	24	PHI-min	AAA	4	0	1.000	2.57	33	0	23	0	0	12	42.0	33	15	12	1	9	2	38	2	0	1	168		1.000	7.1	0.2	1.9	8.1	4.22	SWB · IL
1996	24	PHI	NL	3	1	.750	5.87	27	0	9	0	0	0	38.1	49	30	25	6	10	3	25	0	0	3	173	73	1.539	11.5	1.4	2.3	5.9	2.50
1997	25	PHI-min	A+,AAA	2	6	.250	3.18	26	0	17	0	0	4	45.1	41	20	16	4	11	1	55	0	1	7	191		1.147	8.1	0.8	2.2	10.9	5.00	CLW,SWB · FLOR,IL
1997	25	PHI	NL	1	1	.500	5.03	36	0	7	0	0	0	53.2	62	31	30	8	21	3	42	0	0	2	240	85	1.547	10.4	1.3	3.5	7.0	2.00
1998		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1999	27	BAL-min	AA,A	2	1	.667	6.87	21	0	8	0	0	1	36.2	44	29	28	7	12	0	35	3	0	1	165		1.527	10.8	1.7	2.9	8.6	2.92	BOW,DEL · EL,SALL
2 Yrs				4	2	.667	5.38	63	0	16	0	0	0	92.0	111	61	55	14	31	6	67	0	0	5	413	80	1.543	10.9	1.4	3.0	6.6	2.16
162 Game Avg.				4	2	.667	5.38	68	0	17	0	0	0	99	120	66	59	15	33	6	72	0	0	5	446	80	1.543	10.9	1.4	3.0	6.6	2.16

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1996	24	PHI	NL	38.1	27	30	7.04	4.76	0.01	-0.36	101.2	4.44	-11	-1.1	.7	0.1	-0.7	-7	.461	.494	$
1997	25	PHI	NL	53.2	36	31	5.20	4.68	0.07	-0.36	100.3	4.27	-6	-0.6	.7	-0.0	-0.2	-0	.484	.496	$150,000
2 Seasons				92.0	63	61	5.97	4.72	0.05	-0.36	100.7	4.34	-16	-1.6	.7	0.1	-0.9	-8	.474	.495	$150,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1996	24	PHI	NL	27	173	158	30	49	9	1	6	4	0	10	25	.310	.347	.494	.841	.333	78	3	0	3	2	3	3
1997	25	PHI	NL	36	240	214	31	62	15	1	8	7	0	21	42	.290	.347	.481	.829	.321	103	3	0	1	4	3	2
2 Yrs				63	413	372	61	111	24	2	14	11	0	31	67	.298	.347	.487	.834	.327	181	6	0	4	6	6	5
162 Game Avg.				68	446	402	66	120	26	2	15	12	0	33	72	.298	.347	.487	.834	.327	195	6	0	4	6	6	5
MLB Averages																.268	.339	.423	.762	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1996	24	PHI	NL	-7.5	-0.7	179	0.3	2.0	-1.7	.63	-0.7	1.2	-7.1	-0.7	0.63	-5.6	5	5	17
1997	25	PHI	NL	-3.5	-0.4	248	-0.4	2.0	-2.4	.48	-0.7	-0.1	-3.3	-0.3	0.48	-4.8	5	7	24
2 Yrs				-11.1	-1.1	427	-0.1	4.0	-4.1	.55	-1.4	1.3	-10.4	-1.0	0.55	-10.4	10	12	41

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1996	24	PHI	NL	27	27	9	3	1	10	3	30%	8	.632	5	5	17	1	5	21	5	22	10	1	12	7	4.3	24
1997	25	PHI	NL	36	36	7	1	1	27	8	30%	6	.484	5	7	24	2	4	30	14	22	18	8	19	8	4.5	27
2 Yrs				63	63	16	4	2	37	11	30%		.546	10	12	41	3	9	51	19	44	28	9	31	15	4.4	26

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1996	24	PHI	NL	173	65%	3.5%	14.5%	5.8%	9.3%	33%	0.68	1.00	75%	23%	9.7%	23%	32	3	9%
1997	25	PHI	NL	240	62%	3.3%	17.5%	8.8%	10.0%	39%	0.56	0.53	70%	30%	9.1%	19%	32	3	9%
2 Yrs				413	63%	3.4%	16.2%	7.5%	9.7%	36%	0.61	0.70	72%	27%	9.3%	21%	64	6	9%
MLB Averages					45%	2.7%	16.8%	9.0%	7.8%	33%	0.83	1.10	70%	22%	8.5%	17%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1996	24	PHI	NL	144	551	3.83	347	63%	23%	13%	31%	33%	77%	5%	48%	84%	54%	5%	7	4	17%	24	12	1	38%	5	0	29	0	0
1997	25	PHI	NL	213	832	3.91	507	61%	28%	14%	27%	31%	72%	4%	44%	80%	59%	7%	14	8	25%	54	25	3	41%	11	3	27	0	0
2 Yrs				357	1383	3.87	854	62%	26%	13%	29%	32%	74%	4%	46%	82%	57%	6%	21	12	22%	78	37	4	40%	16	3	56	0	0
MLB Averages						3.71		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	57%	5%			19%				29%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1996	24	PHI	NL	173	49	5	0	6	0	2	4	2	3	3	8	5	1	63%	3	3	0	71	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1997	25	PHI	NL	240	62	9	0	8	1	15	6	2	3	5	15	5	4	33%	2	2	0	91	7	0	100%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
2 Yrs				413	111	14	0	14	1	17	10	4	6	8	23	10	5	43%	5	5	0	162	11	0	100%	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1996	24	3	1	.750	5.87	27	0	9	0	0	0	38.1	49	30	25	6	10	3	25	0	0	3	173	73	1.539	11.5	1.4	2.3	5.9	2.50	73
1997	25	4	2	.667	5.38	63	0	16	0	0	0	92.0	111	61	55	14	31	6	67	0	0	5	413	80	1.543	10.9	1.4	3.0	6.6	2.16	80

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1996	24	1	3	.250	5.68	38.0	48	27	24	6	10	25	1.526	11.4	2.4	5.9	2.50	1.4	27
1997	25	2	3	.400	4.92	53.0	61	32	29	8	21	41	1.547	10.4	3.6	7.0	1.95	1.4	36
2 Yrs		3	6	.333	5.24	91.0	109	59	53	14	31	66	1.538	10.8		6.5	2.13	1.4	63

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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