Jim Archer vs. Ray King — Career Comparison

Jim Archer
Silent GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ray King
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Archer built a career as a starting pitcher and Ray King as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ray King posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.46 and WHIP 1.397 compared to 3.94 and 1.373 for Jim Archer. By the career numbers, Ray King had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Archer and Ray King

Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
2.2
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
593
12.99
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.08
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.44
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.62
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.5
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.51
46.51
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.12
49.12
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.35
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
3.94
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
3.46
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
699
27
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1233
27
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
9
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
9
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
9.42
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
8.23
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.42
9.42
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.23
8.23
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.73
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.74
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
2.7
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
3.96
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.37
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
4.71
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
6.09
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.09
6.09
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.824
0.824
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.117
1.117
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.35
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.37
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1008
38.94
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1747
38.26
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.54
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.12
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
4.98
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.9
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.37
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.31
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.23
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.348
1.348
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.355
1.355
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
933
36.04
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1518
33.24
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.94
38.94
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.26
38.26

Fielding Stats for Jim Archer and Ray King

Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
2.2
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
593
12.99
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.08
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
699
27
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1233
27
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
9
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
9
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.31
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.81
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1.51
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.64
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.93
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.63
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.82
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.45
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
94
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.825
0.825
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.189
0.189
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.12
49.12
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Archer and Ray King

Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
57
468.49
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
593
59300
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
600
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
526.03
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
41.1
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.88
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
5.44
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
49.32
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
57.53
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.44
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.88
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
49.32
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-2.21
-18.13
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.63
-63.2
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.44
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
156.16
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
3.84
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
49.32
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA