Mike Balas vs. Bill Kennedy — Career Comparison

Mike Balas
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Kennedy
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Mike Balas and Bill Kennedy are fairly close on the surface numbers. Mike Balas carried a career ERA of 6.75 against Bill Kennedy's 6.79. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Mike Balas and Bill Kennedy — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Balas and Bill Kennedy

Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
4.38
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.57
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.9
12.9
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.71
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
6.79
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.79
6.79
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.92
7.92
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
27
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
9
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63.2
9
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
10.04
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.04
10.04
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
6.22
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.25
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.052
1.052
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
54
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
42.27
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
2.4
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
7.77
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.77
7.77
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.806
1.806
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
54
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
255
36.05
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.77
1.77
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
54
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.27
42.27

Fielding Stats for Mike Balas and Bill Kennedy

Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.581
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Balas and Bill Kennedy

Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
1240
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
600
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
560
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
2.54
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.72
-28.88
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA