Bob Allen vs. Jon Gray — Career Comparison

Bob Allen
Silent GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jon Gray
MillenialOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jon Gray built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Allen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bob Allen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.11 and WHIP 1.631 compared to 4.49 and 1.321 for Jon Gray. By the career numbers, Bob Allen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Allen and Jon Gray

Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
6.7
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
1.71
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.63
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.23
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.55
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.39
Jon Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.52
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.37
51.37
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.3
95.3
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.62
Jon Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.11
Jon Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
614
4.49
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Jon Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
822
27
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3692
27
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
9
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1230.2
9
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
9.46
Jon Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1206
8.82
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.46
9.46
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.76
Jon Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
1.17
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Jon Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Jon Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
4.34
Jon Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
2.98
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.89
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.1
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
6.54
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1223
8.94
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.54
6.54
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.94
8.94
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.208
1.208
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.325
1.325
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.59
Jon Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.32
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.16
Jon Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.37
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Jon Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1232
40.47
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5235
38.28
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.76
Jon Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
4.99
Jon Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
653
4.78
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.2
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.26
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.67
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.533
1.533
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.311
1.311
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1095
35.97
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4715
34.48
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Jon Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Jon Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.47
40.47
Jon Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.28
38.28

Fielding Stats for Bob Allen and Jon Gray

Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
6.7
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
1.71
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.63
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
822
27
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3692
27
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
9
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1230.2
9
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.53
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.64
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.68
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
0.7
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Jon Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
2.33
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
1.4
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
2.2
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
1.35
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.37
94.37
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.34
96.34
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.786
0.786
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.3
95.3
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Jon Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Allen and Jon Gray

Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
204
3600
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
238
508.19
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
281
600
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
547.06
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
242
516.73
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Jon Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Jon Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
70.59
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
46.98
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
52.94
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
36.3
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
8.54
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.14
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
10.68
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jon Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
14.18
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.36
9.32
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
88.24
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
61.92
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
88.24
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
70.46
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Jon Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Jon Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Jon Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Jon Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jon Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jon Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Jon Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.49
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
27.76
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
49.11
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.01
-0.25
Jon Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.82
-12.43
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.49
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
282.35
Jon Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
147
313.88
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.13
2.13
Jon Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
1.91
1.91
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Jon Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
59.79
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jon Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.27
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Gray
Career
Per 600 PA