Bill Anderson vs. Ron Mahay — Career Comparison

Bill Anderson
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Ron Mahay
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Mahay as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ron Mahay posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.83 and WHIP 1.456 compared to 5.07 and 1.522 for Bill Anderson. By the career numbers, Ron Mahay had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Anderson and Ron Mahay

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
8.14
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.5
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
5.07
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
3.83
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
10.35
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
8.54
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.35
10.35
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.34
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
4.21
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
3.15
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
7.45
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.721
0.721
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
40.33
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2474
39.2
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
6.07
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
4.33
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.75
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.3
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.64
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.417
1.417
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1288
35.85
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2167
34.34
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
39.2

Fielding Stats for Bill Anderson and Ron Mahay

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
7.63
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1836
27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
612
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.51
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.98
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.82
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.22
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.39
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
1.44
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.17
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.34
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.7
90.7
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.175
0.175
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Anderson and Ron Mahay

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
63
273.91
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
10400
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
138
600
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
573.91
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
28
560
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
60.87
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
56.52
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.35
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.35
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.95
8.46
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
67.89
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
65.22
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
78.26
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
34.78
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.7
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
43.48
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.18
-9.46
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
61.84
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
17.39
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
8
160
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
69
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3.75
3.75
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA