Bobby Ayala vs. Art Mahaffey — Career Comparison

Bobby Ayala
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Art Mahaffey
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Art Mahaffey built a career as a starting pitcher and Bobby Ayala as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bobby Ayala led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 109 vs 94), strikeout rate (K%+ 113 vs 102), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 101 vs 90). Role difference aside, Bobby Ayala holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Bobby Ayala and Art Mahaffey

Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
6.34
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
1.67
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.22
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.33
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.58
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.53
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.69
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.58
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.68
45.68
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.97
47.97
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.41
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.92
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
306
4.78
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
4.17
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
1728
27
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2997
27
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
576
9
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
999
9
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
581
9.08
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
959
8.64
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.08
9.08
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.64
8.64
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.11
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
1.13
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
3.83
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
3.32
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.34
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.21
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
8.45
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
639
5.76
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.76
5.76
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.365
1.365
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.008
1.008
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.42
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.33
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.41
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.35
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2537
39.64
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4252
38.31
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
3.34
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
353
5.52
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
507
4.57
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.5
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.38
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.69
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.434
1.434
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.328
1.328
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
2210
34.53
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3845
34.64
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.64
39.64
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.31
38.31

Fielding Stats for Bobby Ayala and Art Mahaffey

Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
6.34
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
1.67
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.22
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.33
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
1728
27
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2997
27
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
576
9
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
999
9
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.86
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.5
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.02
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
1.05
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.28
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
2.16
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.59
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.88
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
1.55
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.96
86.96
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.18
97.18
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bobby Ayala and Art Mahaffey

Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
406
7164.71
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
186
310
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
360
600
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
547.06
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
313
521.67
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.428
0.428
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
70
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
51.67
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
11.67
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.67
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
18.33
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
2.52
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.34
17.23
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
100
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
86.67
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.352
0.352
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
28.33
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
31.67
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
55
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.02
-35.56
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.87
3.12
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.33
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
13.33
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
229.41
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
109
181.67
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
2.62
2.62
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.3
3.3
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
60
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.67
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
7
11.67
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Ayala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Ayala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA