Fred Bell vs. Ron Mahay — Career Comparison

Fred Bell
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Mahay
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Bell 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 4.51 and 1.436 for Fred Bell. By the career numbers, Ron Mahay had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Bell and Ron Mahay

Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.67
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
8.14
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.04
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.56
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.52
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.92
51.92
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.65
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
4.51
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
3.83
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1293
27
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
431
9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
409
8.54
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
539
8.54
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.25
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
4.39
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
4.21
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
4.05
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
7.45
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.937
0.937
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.25
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.4
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
28.34
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2474
39.2
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.29
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
262
5.47
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
4.33
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.69
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.3
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.38
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.436
1.436
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.417
1.417
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1095
22.87
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2167
34.34
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.447
0.447
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.34
28.34
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2

Fielding Stats for Fred Bell and Ron Mahay

Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
2.22
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
7.63
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1530
27
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1836
27
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
510
9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
612
9
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.95
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.51
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.15
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.82
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.32
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
1.44
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
3.11
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.34
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.62
93.62
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.397
1.397
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.175
0.175
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Bell and Ron Mahay

Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
146
241.99
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
10400
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
362
600
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
315
522.1
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
560
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.844
0.844
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
0.7
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
140.88
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
6
120
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
89.5
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
16.57
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.92
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
19.89
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
51.38
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.365
0.365
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.31
88.35
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3.39
67.89
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
246.96
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
12
240
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
193.92
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
8
160
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.473
0.473
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
0.81
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.695
0.695
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.839
0.839
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.636
0.636
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
99.45
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3
60
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
97.79
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3
60
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
177.35
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
5
100
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.93
94.36
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3.09
61.84
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.66
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
51.38
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
8
160
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.75
3.75
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
24.86
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
19.89
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
19.89
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA