Mike Balas vs. Ray Hayward — Career Comparison

Mike Balas
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ray Hayward
Baby BoomersOklahomaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ray Hayward built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Balas as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Balas posted a career ERA of 6.75 against Ray Hayward's 6.75, with WHIP of 2.250 and 1.691 respectively. The raw numbers call this too close to separate — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Balas and Ray Hayward

Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
2.17
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.72
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.46
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.92
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.95
78.95
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
6.75
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.92
7.92
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
27
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
9
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78.2
9
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
10.41
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.41
10.41
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.14
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
4.81
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
5.15
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.15
5.15
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.106
1.106
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.49
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.57
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
54
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
353
40.39
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
7.67
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.57
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.6
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.691
1.691
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
54
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
34.55
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.328
0.328
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
54
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.39
40.39

Fielding Stats for Mike Balas and Ray Hayward

Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.17
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.72
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
27
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.2
9
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.69
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.83
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.86
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.52
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
88
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.158
1.158
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.95
78.95
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.46
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Balas and Ray Hayward

Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
2400
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.83
-100
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA