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Ron Blazier

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-6, 215lb (198cm, 97kg)

Born: July 30, 1971 in Altoona, PA us

Died: December 4, 2021 in Bellwood, PA

Buried: Antis Cemetery, Altoona, PA

High School: Bellwood-Antis HS (Tyrone, PA)

Debut: May 31, 1996 (Age 24-306d, 16,880th in major league history)
vs. SDP 1.2 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 28, 1997 (Age 26-060d)
vs. FLA 1.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1997 season

Full Name: Ronald Patrick Blazier

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

ERA

5.38

92.0

WHIP

1.543

Summary of 14 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 1 go ahead

1 Tm
PHI	14

Platoon
vs RHB	10
vs LHB	4

Home/Road
Away	8
Home	6

Outs
1	7
0	4
2	3

8 Opps
ATL	3
SDP	2
CHC	2
CIN	2
HOU	2
MON	1
FLA	1
TOR	1

14 Batters
Andruw Jones	1
Scott Bullett	1
Tony Graffanino	1
Sammy Sosa	1
Keith Lockhart	1
Alex Gonzalez	1
Greg Vaughn	1
Joe Oliver	1
Wally Joyner	1
F.P. Santangelo	1
Greg Colbrunn	1
Jeff Bagwell	1
Derek Bell	1
Eric Davis	1

7 Parks
VeteransStad (PHI)	6
Turner Fld (ATL)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	2
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1

Where Hit
9	6
78	4
8	3
7	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
4	4
3	3
6	2
5	2
1	1
2	1
Unk	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	12
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	8
--3	2
-2-	2
123	1
1--	1

22 Runs
RISP	5
0 on	8
1 on	5
3 on	1
Any on	6

Inning
5	4
6	5
7	2
8	3

4-6	9
7-end	5

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	1
+2	1
+1	1
Tied	1
-4..	1

Ahead	12
Tied	1
Behind	1

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-2	3
3-2	2
1-1	2
0-2	1
Unk	1
0-0	1
1-0	1
3-1	1
2-2	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	3
CF	3
RF	2
LF	2
PH	1
2B	1
C	1
SS	1

OrderPos
4th	3
6th	3
7th	2
8th	2
3rd	1
5th	1
9th	1
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	1
Medium Lev	2
Low Lev	11

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1996-06-07	Derek Bell	HOU		PHI	ahead 10-3	b 6	1	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	4	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1996-06-11	Scott Bullett	CHC	@	PHI	ahead 7-2	t 6	2	--3	6,(3-2) BCB.BSX	2	2	7	3%	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); J. Hernández Scores; S. Bullett Scores
3	3	3	1	1996-06-25 (1)	Joe Oliver	CIN		PHI	ahead 7-1	b 8	0	1--	1,(0-0) .X	2	8	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); T. Belk Scores; J. Oliver Scores
4	4	4	1	1996-07-14	F.P. Santangelo	MON		PHI	ahead 3-2	b 8	1	-2-	3,(1-1) CBX	2	7	8	9%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); S. Obando Scores; F. Santangelo Scores
5	5	5	1	1996-07-22 (1)	Eric Davis	CIN	@	PHI	ahead 4-2	t 8	0	---	4,(1-2) ..CSBX	1	4	8	7%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
6	6	6	1	1996-09-17	Greg Colbrunn	FLA	@	PHI	ahead 7-1	t 5	2	--3	6,(3-2) BSFBBX	2	6	3	3%	99%		Home Run; D. White Scores
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1997-04-04	Greg Vaughn	SDP		PHI	ahead 5-2	b 5	1	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	5	7	5%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
8	8	2	2	1997-04-04	Wally Joyner	SDP		PHI	ahead 6-2	b 5	1	---	4,(0-2) FFFX	1	6	3	3%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
9	9	3	1	1997-05-19	Jeff Bagwell	HOU	@	PHI	ahead 8-1	t 7	0	---	4,(1-2) CCBX	1	3	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball); J. Bagwell Scores
10	10	4	1	1997-05-21	Sammy Sosa	CHC		PHI	ahead 5-0	b 7	1	-2-	5,(2-2) SBBFX	2	4	9	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Grace Scores
11	11	5	1	1997-06-15	Alex Gonzalez	TOR	@	PHI	ahead 7-0	t 5	1	---	4,(1-2) CSBX	1	7	6	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Gonzalez Scores
12	12	6	1	1997-06-21	Tony Graffanino	ATL	@	PHI	tied 6-6	t 6	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	8	4	16%	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); T. Graffanino Scores
13	13	7	1	1997-06-27	Andruw Jones	ATL		PHI	ahead 6-0	b 6	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	8	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
14	14	8	1	1997-06-29	Keith Lockhart	ATL		PHI	behind 1-5	b 6	2	123		4	9	PH	39%	52%		Home Run (Deep RF Line); R. Klesko Scores; A. Jones Scores; M. Lemke Scores