Ted Abernathy vs. Rudy May — Career Comparison

Ted Abernathy
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rudy May
Silent GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rudy May built a career as a starting pitcher and Ted Abernathy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rudy May led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 95 vs 73), strikeout rate (K%+ 101 vs 95), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 96 vs 91). Ted Abernathy held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 128 vs 103). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Rudy May.

Pitching Stats for Ted Abernathy and Rudy May

Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.34
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
535
1.84
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.27
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.24
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.49
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.52
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.54
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.54
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.73
47.73
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.35
49.35
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.29
67.29
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.3
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.08
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.16
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
441
3.46
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
1007
3.46
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.238
0.238
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3443
27
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7866
27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1147.2
9
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2622
9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1010
7.92
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
2314
7.94
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.92
7.92
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.94
7.94
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.55
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
0.68
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
592
4.64
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
958
3.29
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.63
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.19
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
765
6
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1760
6.04
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.04
6.04
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.182
1.182
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.037
1.037
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.27
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.23
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.14
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.06
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4963
38.92
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10902
37.42
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
3.26
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.25
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513
4.02
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1150
3.95
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.18
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.4
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.21
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.44
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.396
1.396
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4296
33.69
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9723
33.37
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.92
38.92
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.42
37.42

Fielding Stats for Ted Abernathy and Rudy May

Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.35
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
535
1.84
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.27
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.24
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3438
27
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7865
27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1146
9
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2621.2
9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.72
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.3
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
2.39
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
1.31
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.16
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.13
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.27
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
506
1.74
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
3.11
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
1.61
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.96
94.96
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.69
92.69
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.582
0.582
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.877
0.877
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.29
67.29
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.06
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Abernathy and Rudy May

Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
681
2002.94
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
536
839.69
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
204
600
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
383
600
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
181
532.35
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
341
534.2
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
73.53
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
65.8
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
64.71
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
51.7
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.82
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.1
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.82
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.1
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
4.23
12.45
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.27
14.52
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
82.35
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
79.9
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
33
97.06
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
103.39
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
35.29
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
12
18.8
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
26.47
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
21.93
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.76
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
40.73
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
1.09
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.07
1.68
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.88
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.13
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
6
17.65
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
34.46
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
217.65
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
164
256.92
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.76
2.76
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
2.34
2.34
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
44.12
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
26.63
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.76
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA